

The server was not found or was not accessible. I disabled the firewall while installing it and has just turned it back on,Ĭannot connect to MIBELOVED-PC\SQLEXPRESS.Ī network-related or instance-specific error occurred while establishing a connection to SQL Server. I installed it as per instructions in the Microsoft SQL 2008 book by Mike Hotek.Ĭould you look at the error message and give some advice on what to do.

I am new to this and would appreciate any help. I am always getting stuck at the point of connecting after installation and presently got the message below. I just reinstalled the same but the R2 Developer disc. I read your post about the installation of SQL server 2008.
