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   From: esquel@sommarskog.se   
      
   Joe Cool (joecool1969@live.com) writes:   
   > Is there any way around this? Can you change the instance to a default   
   > instance after installation?   
      
   No, you cannot change the ID of an instance.   
      
   I would guess that if you give the instance ID MSSQLSERVER that you get a   
   default instance, but I have not tried it. Unattended install may also have   
   some good options.   
      
      
   --   
   Erland Sommarskog, SQL Server MVP, esquel@sommarskog.se   
      
   Links for SQL Server Books Online:   
   SQL 2008: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/sqlserver/cc514207.aspx   
   SQL 2005: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/sqlserver/bb895970.aspx   
      
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