Strict Mode Disabled - Will not start up

[Ronald Kaylor]

We have a MySQL Server and we had an issue and we need to disable Strict Mode. As soon as I change sql_mode= "" in my.ini file and I restart the server MySQL hangs in starting.

This is running on Microsoft Server 2008

The service stays in Starting but I see it in Task Manage but the database is not responsive.

I put the file back that had the sql_mode = "STRICT_TRANS_TABLES,NO_AUTO_CREATE_USER,NO_ENGINE_SUBSTITUTION" and it books back up as normal.

I need to disable strict mode but not sure why it will not boot up if I do?

Thank you for any help.
Ron