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"NT AUTHORITY/SYSTEM" Login Failure

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Enterprise and/or Watch not starting — error in logs:

Error message

This occurs because the SYSTEM user does not have authorization rights for the database.

Manual Configuration via SQL Management Studio

Open SQL Management Studio and connect to the SQL Server instance used by the application.

  1. Navigate to Security
  2. Open the Logins folder
  3. Double click NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
  4. Select Server Roles
  5. Check the sysadmin box
  6. Apply changes and close

Automated configuration using batch files

You can use the provided batch files to apply the same change:

Download batch files:

SYSADMIN_ROLES.bat

If your SQL instance name is different from the default (SQLEXPRESS) or the database is on a remote server, edit the batch file and replace 'sqlexpress' with the correct instance name.

Run the batch file with Run as Administrator privileges.


"NT AUTHORITY/SYSTEM" Login Failure

Enterprise and/or Watch not starting — error in logs:

Error message

This occurs because the SYSTEM user does not have authorization rights for the database.

Manual Configuration via SQL Management Studio

Open SQL Management Studio and connect to the SQL Server instance used by the application.

  1. Navigate to Security
  2. Open the Logins folder
  3. Double click NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
  4. Select Server Roles
  5. Check the sysadmin box
  6. Apply changes and close

Automated configuration using batch files

You can use the provided batch files to apply the same change:

Download batch files:

SYSADMIN_ROLES.bat

If your SQL instance name is different from the default (SQLEXPRESS) or the database is on a remote server, edit the batch file and replace 'sqlexpress' with the correct instance name.

Run the batch file with Run as Administrator privileges.


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