Hi Bonnie,
No, I have not checked this service (honestly didn't know about it). I will check today.
Thank you.
>Hi Dmitry,
>
>I wonder if the "Remote Procedure Call" Windows service is not running for some reason? Have you checked that?
>
>~~Bonnie
>
>
>>I have a computer that I don't use very often but today, when I started this computer, connection to SQL Server 2008 R2 failed. I tried to go to the SQL Server Configuration Manager but get error
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>>The Remote Procedure call failed [0x800706be].
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>>I Googled this error but most of the messages on this error point to something to do with either Azure or installation of SQL Server 2012. I have not installed or dealt with neither.
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>>Anyone has had this error and was able to fix it?
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>>TIA
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