I was able to get it to refresh now but not sure which action I did that cures it. I disabled A FEW firewall settings and started SQLWriter services manually, SQL Browser still deny access.
BUT I get myself a bigger issue, the DB crashed upon restarting the machine - currently cannot start SambaPOS. SambaPOS returns msg saying cannot connect with current setting
Good that I made an image earlier, and I can get back to ~exactly like last night.
I retry the setting again. I disabled the Symantec Firewall completely and does not reconnect Window Firewall either, so basically there is no firewall at all at this time. The screens refreshes. Next step would be back to refine what is the proper Firewall settings to plug back the holes.
It’s really more basic than you thought. All you need to install is the SQL express db engine you don’t need any of the other services. Set SQL server browser to start automatic and that’s it. Set port 9000 allowed inbound and outbound for tcp on the firewall rules.
I need NOT to overthink(overreact) too much when something happened. My confusion started when I have put a wrong connection string in new terminal. When it does not start right I started to overreact and question whether message has a part in that.