I installed SQL Server Express 2005 on a Windows Server 2003 machine. The machine is not part of a domain, so SQL Server was installed using a local account. I am successfully using my SQL Server database on my website and everything
is fine except for one problem. When the machine is restarted, SQL Server service does not start, even though it is configured to restart automatically. There are several event logs associated with the failure, for example "The SQL Network
Interface library could not deregister the Service Principal Name (SPN) for the SQL Server service. Administrator should deregister this SPN manually to avoid client authentication errors." or "The SQL Network Interface could not register
the Service Principal Name (SPN) for the SQL Server service. Error 0x54b. Failure to register an SPN may cause integrated authentication to fall back to NTLM instead of Kerberos." I don't know how to register or deregister an SPN, but
more to the point, I am in over my head and don't know how to proceed without risking creating more problems. There are other event logs, but I thought maybe these were the most significant ones. Can someone suggest a course of action?
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