My Sql Instance is gone

Heeelllpp,
My Sql instance is gone from the SQL server manager. I think the problem came up after I installed Mc Afee Virus scan and updated microsoft patches (due to the problems that we have with worms recently).
After that I can't even invoke the service at all. I tried to restart everything (uninstalled the server and reinstall it again) but since the server couldn't be connected, the install process got terminated.
Can somebody help me with this?
thx
gue,
Please supply OS and SQL Server versions.
Is there SQL Server service still there in the Services applet in control
panel? Look for MSSQLServer. Installing McAfee should not remove SQL Server,
however there is the potential for virus scanners to cause problems
occasionally - but this is normally down to configuration issues, not with
the virus scanner per se.
When you say you "uninstalled the server" - what exactly do you mean? Did
you rebuild the OS, or just reinstall SQL Server? Also, what do you mean by
"the server couldn't be connected"?
It would also be very helpful if you could supply the EXACT error messages
you are getting.
Mark Allison, SQL Server MVP
http://www.markallison.co.uk
"gue" <anonymous@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Heeelllpp,
> My Sql instance is gone from the SQL server manager. I think the problem
came up after I installed Mc Afee Virus scan and updated microsoft patches
(due to the problems that we have with worms recently).
> After that I can't even invoke the service at all. I tried to restart
everything (uninstalled the server and reinstall it again) but since the
server couldn't be connected, the install process got terminated.
> Can somebody help me with this?
> thx