Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1 Release Notes - TechNet Articles - United States (English) - TechNe

In this scenario, the uninstall action succeeds. However, the SQL Server service cannot start. Cause This problem occurs because the Agent XPs option is not enabled when SQL Server 2008 R2 runs the upgrade script for the msdb database. The upgrade script

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