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Question

I\'m trying to run the following statement but am receiving the error messages just below. I have researched answers to no end and none have worked for me. I\'m running Of

Answer 1

With SQL 2014, I changed the SQL Server Service (MSSQL) to run as LocalSystem. This solved the problem for me.

It used to work as NT_SERVICE\MSSQL$MSSQL fine under 2008, from what I remember.