First, thank you.
Do you uninstall the second one from the Windows Add/Remove Programs?
If I want to stop it from running, do I use the SQL Server Configuration Manager?
>Those are not databases but SQL Server instances. The first is default with SQL Server 2008 and the second with SqlExpress 2005. Most likely SqlExpress has been installed by a Visual Studio
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>You have to ununstall the second one if you want to get rid of it.
>Another option is to disable service for SqlExpress so it'll not run
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>>When I run SSMS I can select one of two databases:
>>1. The same name as the computer (MyComputerName) and the version says 10.0.5500
>>2. MyComputerName\SQLEXPRESS. Version 9.0.1399
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>>Since the first one is higher version number, do I understand that I can remove/delete the SQLEXPRESS (of earlier version)? If so, how do I remove it?
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>>TIA
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