"sqlservr.exe" is a service running a database (Microsoft SQL server) that 
can be part of an application on your PC/server. One of your programs might 
be using a database: most of the instrument software do as well as other 
such would backup software or simply a SQL server. If it is part of an 
application, killing the process may lead to loss of current data in the 
memory.
You need a programmer to look and determine what application is using it.

Hope it helps,
Cris Dragusanu Ph.D., P.Geo.
LIMS analyst and Geochemistry programmer


>From: Gilles St-Jean <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: Stable Isotope Geochemistry <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: [ISOGEOCHEM] Isodat NT--ending sqlservr.exe process?
>Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 11:42:26 -0400
>
>Hi Lora
>As far as I know, Isodat does not run a sqlserv.exe process.  Unless it is 
>part of the Xcalibur setup and you are using Thermo's Xcalibur data 
>handling software, the Isodat installation should not have this process 
>running. It is from something else.
>
>It may be a worm that made it to your machine somehow; see:
>http://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/virusencyclo/default5.asp?VName=WORM_SDBOT.BZO&VSect=T
>
>Gilles
>
>Gilles St-Jean
>Chercheur / Research Scientist
>Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
>Sciences de la Terre / Earth Sciences
>140 Louis Pasteur, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1N 6N5
>Tel: 1-613-562-5800 xt 6830 (Bureau / Office)
>                     xt 6839 (Bureau / Office Lab)
>                     xt 6836 (IRMS lab)
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>
>-----Message d'origine-----
>De : Stable Isotope Geochemistry [mailto:[log in to unmask]] De la 
>part de Lora L. Wingate
>Envoyé : 19 avril 2007 10:55
>À : [log in to unmask]
>Objet : [ISOGEOCHEM] Isodat NT--ending sqlservr.exe process?
>
>We are running Isodat NT SP 2.49 on Windows XP (Kiel IV/MAT253).  The
>computer is presently completely isolated from the network.
>I've noticed that the sqlserv.exe process takes up a lot(!) of memory.  Has
>anyone tried ending that process, or know whether it is necessary for the
>proper function of Isodat?  I haven't seen it bundled with other XP
>installations, so I'm curious as to what it actually does.  My web searches
>have yielded a mixed bag of answers, and so I'm wondering if anyone has
>tried killing that process (especially running a Kiel) and what result(s)
>that had.  Thanks for any insight...
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>Lora L. Wingate
>University of Michigan
>Department of Geological Sciences
>Stable Isotope Laboratory
>1100 North University
>1013 C.C. Little Building
>Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1005

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