From: genew@ocis.net   
      
   On Fri, 4 May 2012 08:01:53 +0000 (UTC), Erland Sommarskog   
    wrote:   
      
   >Gene Wirchenko (genew@ocis.net) writes:   
   >>      How would I find all of the instances on a system if I did not   
   >> know the names of any of them?  Is it simply a matter of looking   
   >> through disk directories?  (This strikes me as rather hokey and that I   
   >> am probably missing something.)   
   >   
   >SQL Server Configuration Manager   
      
        Thank you.   
      
        What does "" et al actually do?  It appears   
   to be a no-op.   
      
   Sincerely,   
      
   Gene Wirchenko   
      
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