Run SQL Server temporarily on notebook

I have the occasional need to run SQL Server on my notebook computer. 90% of the time I connect to our dev SQL server, but there are times (ie: offsite) where it would be helpful to have access while programming.

If I install SQL Server (I need the full version, since our databases are larger than the max allowed by SQL Server Express), is there a way to stop all SQL Server activities so that my notebook computer isn't bogged down by SQL?

Ideally, nothing would be running unless I 'started' SQL Server. I know that a good answer would be a VM, but as you can imagine, I am not running on a superpower notebook, so ho开发者_如何学编程ping to be minimalist...

Any suggestions welcomed!

Just stop all the services. Create a batch file with net stop mssqlserver for the main sql server service, and add the others if needed. To view all services, Start, Run (or just type on Vista / 7), "services.msc". Then view all that start with "SQL".

Change the start type to "Manual" and it won't start with the OS either.

You can use the SQL Server Manager to stop the database server, or do it from services.msc.

SQL server is extremely RAM-hungry. Be warned. Also, new versions require a 64-bit computer.