These are troubleshoots steps if Tracker Touch is not connecting to the database at startup:
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Check the connection string in the config file
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Verify pinging the server by IP address or host name
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Verify SQL Server service is running on server
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Verify SQL Browser service is running on server
- Verify TCP/IP protocol is enabled for the SQL server instance SQLEXPRESS
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Check that Windows Firewall is off on the server