cannot connect to pc-name SQLEXPRESS

Question

While trying to connect to SQL Server 2005 Standard Edition through SQL Server Management Studio 2005 I get the following error   I put all my effort to solve this problem but there is no solution  On stack overflow in the following post I found this screen shot   When I see my connect to server dialog box I find the difference like  What is the problem  This SQL server runs on a single machine  not on a cluster or on a client server

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Follow these steps then you solve your problem 100%.

When you get this error then close everything(Microsoft SQL Server Managment):

Then open command prompt by pressing (window + r) keys and type services.msc and click OK or press Enter key.
And search **SQL Server (SQLEXPRESS) as I show in the image.

Now see left upper side and click start.
If you open Microsoft SQL Server Management then you not get any type error.

Enjoy!!!

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Use  LocalDB  MSSQLLocalDB as the server name

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If you have Microsoft Windows 10   Type Control Panel on Cortana search bar  which is says by default  Type here to search    Or click on Windows icon and type Control Panel Click on Administrative Tools Then double click on Services Scroll down and look for  SQL Server  SQLEXPRESS   after that right click And then in the pop out windows click on Start  Now you should be able to connect to your pc-name SQLEXPRESS

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When you get this error   Follow these steps then you solve your problem   Open command prompt by pressing  window   r  keys or Click on windows Button and Type Run then type services msc and click OK or press Enter key    2 Find SQL Server  SQLEXPRESS    3 Now see left upper side and click start   4 If Service show error then right click on SQL Express and then click on Properties   5 Then click on Logon Tab   6 Enter Username and Password of Windows Authentication  7 Then Start your Service  8 Problem will be solve and run your query

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Go to services  services msc  and restart the services in the image and then try to connect

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I m Running Windows 10 and this worked for me     Open services by searching in the toolbar for Services  Right click SQL Server  SQLEXPESS   Go To Properties - Log On Check Local System Account  amp  Allow service to interact with desktop  Apply and restart service   I was then able to connect

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try using IP instead of pc name  If the ip working  then it might be the name pipe is not enable  If it s still not working then the login using windows might be disabled

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go to services and start the ones related to SQL

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Initialize the SQL Server Browser Service

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My issue occurs when I add a PC to a domain   Restarting the service  making sure it s running  that it has the correct credentials to run  etc  as in other answers doesn t work   I don t know exactly what the problem is  but I can t even log in with the local user anymore to give the domain user access   Here s the steps that work for me   In SSMS    View   Registered Servers Database Engine   Local Server Groups   right-click pcname sqlexpress Delete   Yes Right-click Local Server Groups   Tasks   Register Local Servers It confirms that it re-registered   pcname sqlexpress reappears    I m then able to log in with the local windows auth d user again  my databases are all there and everything   I then go about my business adding the domain user to Security   Logins

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I had this problem  So I put like this  PC-NAME SQLSERVER Since the SQLSERVER the instance name that was set at installation   Authentication  Windows Authentication  Connects

[sql] cannot connect to pc-name\SQLEXPRESS

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