Check the user_scans column in sys.dm_db_index_usage_stats
The default instance listens on port 1433. If connecting to port 1433 gets you into SQL 2000, then SQL 2000 was installed as the default (unnamed)...
Take a look at the UPDLOCK and READPAST hints. That would allow you to lock the row at the time of select, and keep it locked for the duration of...
You could add a persisted computed column to the table with a value of DAY(sm_timestamp) and then use that column as the partition key.
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