Someone attempted to change the partition layout of our SQL cluster, then we
recieved an error:

"Could not start the MSSQLSERVER service on local computer. The service did
not return an error. This could be an internal Windows error or an internal
service error. . . ."

in event log, we have two repetitive errors (application), and errors in
system log:
Application:
Event ID #17052
Error: 17826, Severity: 18, State: 1
Could not set up Net-Library 'SSNETLIB'.

and
Event ID#17055
17120 :
SQL Server could not spawn FRunCM thread.


System:
Event ID#1069
Cluster resource 'SQL Server' failed.

Any ideas? I've been "googling" all morning

Another point to consider:

If it turns out that the Parameters key is empty (and based on the
description of what happened, I believe this is it) then verirfy that the
following key exists:

HKLM\Cluster\Resources\{GUID for Resource}\RegSync.

If not, then this key will have to be recreated and the checkpoint files
for SQL Server may need to be recreated. You will probably want to open a
case with Microsoft Product Support Services (PSS) to help recreate the
checkpoint files.

Rand
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