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Asked: 2026-05-15T14:20:38+00:00

I have the occasional need to run SQL Server on my notebook computer. 90%

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I have the occasional need to run SQL Server on my notebook computer. 90% of the time I connect to our dev SQL server, but there are times (ie: offsite) where it would be helpful to have access while programming.

If I install SQL Server (I need the full version, since our databases are larger than the max allowed by SQL Server Express), is there a way to stop all SQL Server activities so that my notebook computer isn’t bogged down by SQL?

Ideally, nothing would be running unless I ‘started’ SQL Server. I know that a good answer would be a VM, but as you can imagine, I am not running on a superpower notebook, so hoping to be minimalist…

Any suggestions welcomed!

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    Just stop all the services.
    Create a batch file with net stop mssqlserver for the main sql server service, and add the others if needed.
    To view all services, Start, Run (or just type on Vista / 7), “services.msc”. Then view all that start with “SQL”.

    Change the start type to “Manual” and it won’t start with the OS either.

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