How To Login To SQL Server 2005 Express Management Studio?

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Learn more about Labs How to login to SQL Server 2005 Express Management Studio? Ask Question Asked 14 years, 2 months ago Modified 9 years, 7 months ago Viewed 8k times 0

I've just installed SQL Server 2005 Express and I'm trying to login to Management Studio but I don't know what the "Server Name" is to be able to login.

I've tried:

localhost\SQLEXPRESS 127.0.0.1\SQLEXPRESS SQLEXPRESS <computer name>\SQLEXPRESS <username>\SQLEXPRESS

The authentication mode is Windows Authentication.

The error message I'm getting is:

Could not connect to <computer name>\SQLEXPRESS. Additional information A network related or instance-specific error occurred while establishing a connection to SQL Server. The server was not found or was not accessible. Verify that the instance name is correct and that SQL Server is configured to allow remote connections. (proveder: SQL Network Interfaces, error: 26 - Error Locating Server/Instance Specified) (Microsoft SQL Server)

Does anyone point me in the right direction?

• authentication
• sql-server-2005
• ssms

Share Improve this question Follow edited May 12, 2015 at 13:36 Dylan Corriveau 2,55744 gold badges3030 silver badges3636 bronze badges asked Oct 22, 2010 at 12:52 TurgsTurgs 1,79922 gold badges2222 silver badges5050 bronze badges 3

• Can you tell us the error message you are getting? – Neil Knight Commented Oct 22, 2010 at 12:54
• I've edited my description above to include the error message. Thanks – Turgs Commented Oct 22, 2010 at 13:00
• did you change the instance name when installing? And you correctly specified your Windows account as a login? – slugster Commented Oct 22, 2010 at 13:16

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Is the SQL Server Express service even up and running??

The local machine can be defined as . or (local) for SQL Server, and the SQL Server Express instance name is SQLExpress by default.

So .\SQLExpress or (local)\SQLExpress ought to work.

If they don't, maybe the service isn't up and running??

Share Improve this answer Follow answered Oct 22, 2010 at 13:03 marc_smarc_s 753k183183 gold badges1.4k1.4k silver badges1.5k1.5k bronze badges Add a comment |

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