User has upgraded to Windows 8/8.1/Server 2012/10 and is having issues accessing the SQL Server Express 2005/2008/2008 R2/2012/2014 company database for the BQE software product.
All the BQE Software products are independent of any specific version of Microsoft SQL Server. Hence, it is not necessary to configure or install the same version of SQL you had before you upgraded to Windows 8/8.1/Server 2012/10. For assistance on minimum requirements specified for Microsoft SQL Server installation on Windows 8/8.1/Server 2012/10, please refer to the following Microsoft KB article:
Using SQL Server in Windows 8 and later versions of Windows OS