I printed out techguy's guide before it went down and followed it page by page. It worked exactly as written.

I can't tell if we're all using the same instructions, but I wanted to give techguy props for creating a clear, working doc.

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I am not saying that the guide is not direct and on target. I'm simply saying that I myself have something configured or installed incorrect with sql, the db, or path directories. So yes the guide worked great imo and was pretty simple to follow. My drives are different paths and somewhere down the line I went off track. Thanks to Zandig, Sakrateri, techguy84, Derision, for taking the time to try and help me out.