Hello everyone,

I am working on a project where I have to upgrade a HMI project from ProTool to WINCC flexible 2008 SP3.

I already have this software installed:

- STEP 7 V5.5+SP4

- ProTool/Pro CS V6.0 SP3

- WINCC flexible 2008 SP2 Advanced

With that software I am able to open the existing project with STEP 7 and ProTool. Then I try to open the project with WINCC to start the migration but I have the error in the picture attached.

It says that "cannot connect to configured SQL server. Make sure the service MSSQL$WINCCFLEXEXPRESS is running and not disabled".

When I try to look for this service in Administrative Tool of windows XP, I cannot find it in the list.

I have been reading the next topic to help me:

https://support.industry.siemens.com/cs/ww/en/view/29420407 

In some of the points says that I should uninstall the Microsoft SQL Server and try to install it again using Control panel and repair. However when I check the installed software in the computer, I cannot find any program related to Microsoft SQL Server.

Could anyone give me any advice about this problem?

Thanks in advance.

Hello,

what operating system do you use? 

Regards

Sorry for the delay in my answer.

I am using windows xp.