How to: Re-Register an Instance of Notification Services (SQL Server Management Studio)
If an instance has already been registered, but you want to update the registry information, you must unregister and then re-register the instance. This updates the registry with new information. The following procedure shows how to reregister an instance.
Note
When you register an instance of Notification Services using Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio, you create registry entries on the local server (not necessarily the database server). The database server value in the registry entry is the instance of the Database Engine to which you are connected in SQL Server Management Studio.
To update existing registry information
In Object Explorer, expand the Notification Services node.
If the instance is running, right-click the instance you want to reregister, point to Tasks, and then select Stop.
Right-click the instance, point to Tasks, and then select Unregister.
Right-click the instance, point to Tasks, and then select Register.
If you are creating the NS$instance_name Windows service to run the engine, select Create Windows service and then enter the user name and password values.
Click OK to re-register the instance.
To restart the instance of Notification Services, right-click the instance and select Start.
See Also
Tasks
Concepts
Other Resources
nscontrol register Command
Register Instance (General)
Managing Instances and Applications How-to Topics (Notification Services)