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SQL Server 2005 database engine login failed error?

I installed SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Edition on Windows xp.

This account exists in administrators role.But I can't connect to SQL Server database engine using either Windows authentication method or sql server authentication method and I receive this error message:

An error has occurred while establishing a connection to the server. When connecting to sql server 2005, this failure may be caused by the fact that under the default setttings sql server does not allow remote connections.(Provider:named Pipes provider,error:40-could not open a connection to sql server)(Microsoft sql server,error:53).

But im trying to connect to a local instance in my computer. Also i checked SQL SERVER 2005 surface area>> surface area configuration for services and connections >>which shows error >>No sql server 2005 components were found on the specified computer. Anyone can give clues on this issue. Do i need to install any components to make this work? I had selected all the options while installing.

Also while configuring i had given the name as shown in the pic. So what should be the value that has to be provided for database engine while configuring? (In express edition its instance name/sqlexpress.) )

I am attaching the summary log for reference.

Microsoft SQL Server 2005 9.00.1399.06 ============================== OS Version : Microsoft Windows XP Professional Service Pack 3 (Build 2600) Time : Wed Oct 05 09:49:21 2011 CHANGEME1 : The current system does not meet the minimum hardware requirements for this SQL Server release. For system requirements, see Hardware and Software Requirements, in the readme file or in SQL Server Books Online. Machine : CHANGEME1 Product : Microsoft SQL Server Setup Support Files (English) Product Version : 9.00.1399.06 Install : Successful Log File : C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Setup

Bootstrap\LOG\Files\SQLSetup0002_CHANGEME1_SQLSupport_1.log

Machine : CHANGEME1 Product : Microsoft SQL Server Native Client Product Version : 9.00.1399.06 Install : Successful Log File : C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Setup

Bootstrap\LOG\Files\SQLSetup0002_CHANGEME1_SQLNCLI_1.log

Machine : CHANGEME1 Product : Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Premier Partner Edition - ENU Product Version : 8.0.50727.42 Install : Successful Log File : C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Setup

Bootstrap\LOG\Files\SQLSetup0002_CHANGEME1_PPESku_1.log

Machine : CHANGEME1 Product : Microsoft Office 2003 Web Components Product Version : 11.0.6558.0 Install : Successful Log File : C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Setup Bootstrap\LOG\Files\SQLSetup0002_CHANGEME1_OWC11_1.log

Machine : CHANGEME1 Product : Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Books Online (English) Product Version : 9.00.1399.06 Install
: Successful Log File : C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL

Server\90\Setup Bootstrap\LOG\Files\SQLSetup0002_CHANGEME1_BOL_1.log

Machine : CHANGEME1 Product : Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Backward compatibility Product Version : 8.05.1054 Install
: Successful Log File : C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Setup

Bootstrap\LOG\Files\SQLSetup0002_CHANGEME1_BackwardsCompat_1.log

Machine : CHANGEME1 Product : MSXML 6.0 Parser Product Version : 6.00.3883.8 Install : Successful Log File : C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Setup

Bootstrap\LOG\Files\SQLSetup0002_CHANGEME1_MSXML6_1.log

Machine : CHANGEME1 Product : SQLXML4 Product Version : 9.00.1399.06 Install : Successful Log File
: C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Setup

Bootstrap\LOG\Files\SQLSetup0002_CHANGEME1_SQLXML4_1.log

Machine : CHANGEME1 Product : Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Tools Product Version : 9.00.1399.06 Install : Successful Log File : C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL

Server\90\Setup Bootstrap\LOG\Files\SQLSetup0002_CHANGEME1_Tools.log

please help me on this..

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So is this a local instance or a remote instance? If you are remote, ensure that TCP/IP protocol is enabled. If it is a local instance then Shared Memory should be enough to get onto the database engine. By the error, though, it looks like you have named pipes disabled...?

Is this the default instance? If not, and it is a named instance ensure that the SQL Server Browser service is started up.

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  • this is local instance. any suggestion to solve this?
    – user833985
    Oct 5, 2011 at 1:46
  • @user833985 is this the default instance or is it a named instance?
    – Thomas Stringer
    Oct 5, 2011 at 2:47
  • I didnt get any message for naming the instance while installing the s/w.So hope its default.
    – user833985
    Oct 5, 2011 at 4:24

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