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MEMOQ SERVER: SETTING UP DEPENDENCY ON

SQL SERVER
Problem
When memoQ server starts up automatically after a system boot, the system might attempt
to start it up before SQL Server is completely up and running. Because memoQ server
requires SQL Server to operate, this can result in a failed startup of memoQ server, and the
user might get a message stating that an error was encountered while starting the memoQ
server service.

Resolution
To avoid this problem, a dependency must be set up between SQL Server and memoQ
server. This dependency ensures that the system will not attempt to start memoQ server
before SQL Server is fully started.
First, you will need to identify the service name of the SQL Server instance holding the
memoQ server database. You can find this name by doing the following on the server
machine:
1. Start the Services MMC snap-in. To do this, click the Start button, and click Run if
you see that command. After that, type services.msc into the edit box and click
OK. If Run is not displayed, you can type services.msc directly into the Search
field and press Enter.
2. The Services snap-in opens. In the list of services, look for a name like SQL Server
(MEMOQSERVER), or SQL Server (SQLEXPRESS). This is the instance of SQL Server.
3. Right-click this name in the list, and click Properties. The properties window of the
SQL Server instance opens. The service name will be selected, so you can copy it to
the clipboard, or you can note it down. It will be something like
MSSQL$MEMOQSERVER.
Note: If you have several SQL Server instances installed, you can find which
one of them is used by memoQ server by opening the Configuration.XML file in a
text editor. The files is located in the progra data folder of memoQ server (default
is c:\Documents and settings\All users\Application data\MemoQ
Server\Configuration.xml. In that file you will find a line like this:
<SQLConnectionString>Data Source=localhost\MEMOQSERVER;Initial
Catalog=MemoQServer;Integrated Security=True;Connect
Timeout=300</SQLConnectionString>

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The part highlighted in red above identifies the SQL Server instance.
4. Start the Registry editor. To do this, click the Start button, and click Run if you
see that command. After that, type regedit into the edit box and click OK. If
Run is not displayed, you can type regedit directly into the search field and
press Enter.
5. The Registry editor opens. Locate the registry key of the memoQ server service.
a) Expand My Computer.
b) Expand HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE.
c) Expand SYSTEM.
d) Expand CurrentControlSet.
e) Expand Services.
f) Select MemoQ Server Service.
6. On the right-hand side of the registry, verify that there is a string called
DependOnService.
7. If the string does not exist, add it by doing the following:
a) From the Edit menu, point to New and then select Multi-String Value.
b) Name the string DependOnService
8. To edit the value, select it, and from the Edit menu, select Modify.
9. Type the service name of the
MSSQL$MEMOQSERVER). Click OK.

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10. Restart the computer to apply the new dependency. After this, the system will
always start up memoQ server only after SQL Server is loaded.

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