title: sql server agent start disabled (grayed out)
body: <p>I've just built a new dev machine and I can't get SQL Server Agent working. What I've done so far:</p>
  
  <ol>
  <li>Install VS 2010 (I think this installed an express version of SQL Server)</li>
  <li>Install SQL Server 2008 R2 Developer edition.</li>
  </ol>
  
  <p>I'm not sure if I did something wrong in step 2.  All I want is a fully working version of SQL Server with SQL Server Agent running and no limitation on the amount of data I can store (I will need more than 10GB).</p>
  
  <p>Currently, in SSMS I have the following instance: ./SQLEXPRESS.  I thought that during step 2, this would have been upgraded, but it doesn't seem so.</p>
  
  <p>Can anyone help?</p>
  
  <p><strong>Note: I ended up resolving this by uninstalling everything that had "SQL Server" in it in Control Panel > Programs and Features.  I then reinstalled from scratch.</strong></p>