I installed SQL Server External Activator 2012 on my local machine. I have windows 7 Professional and SQL Server 2012 Express installed. After the installation I go to services to start it and receive the following error:
"Windows could not start the Service Broker External Activator on Local Computer. For more information, review the System Event Log. If this is a non-Microsoft service, contact the service vendor, and refer to service-specific error code 21."
I went to the servers system log this is the error I found:
"The Service broker External Activator service terminated with e service-specific error. The device is not ready..."
An idea what could be causing this? I get this error in these two environments:
Windows Server 2008 RS
SQL Server 2012
AND
Windows 7 Professional
SQL Server 2012 Express