hai

I went to start the service in SQL Server Configuration Manager and I get an
error pop-up message:
The request failed or the service did not respond in a timely fashion.
Consult the event log or other applicable error logs for details.

However the event log has no useful info - just says the service started,
then it stopped - no error related info. There are no logs generated in
...\MSSQL.1\. Every other service starts - database, SSIS, SSRS, Agent,
Browser and FullText.

I'm running Sql Server 2005 (with SP1) on windows XP



thanks