The services can be left running under the Local System account. Typically
they would be made to run under a domain account.

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Denny
MCSA (2003) / MCDBA (SQL 2000)
MCTS (SQL 2005 / Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0: Configuration /
Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007: Configuration)
MCITP (dbadmin, dbdev)
> I took over a project and the former developer installed sql 05 and is
> running the sql services under 'Local System account'
> should the services be running as 'SA' or no?