Originally Posted by Landing Gear
Is that the same thing as going to Run>MSCONFIG and then the Services tab?
Corrected, look at next post.
Originally Posted by Landing Gear
In the meantime, would you agree with my guess that SQL wound up on my computer because Business Contact Manager (who uses this?) was pre-installed?
If this is a brand new laptop like a Thinkpad, then yes BCM is the likely source. As noted SQL can be installed by other apps usually a financial\salesforce package.
So if this is new laptop sometimes it's just easier to run your recovery software and restore it to "Factory Default/etc..etc". Usually the main image doesn't have all the "added" ware or an option to restore with selecting apps.