Posted by Erland Sommarskog on 10/01/09 11:42

MrNovice (akhil.gupta04@gmail.com) writes:
> I have installed SQL 7.0 for the first time and now when I try to
> connect in query analyzer I get the following error message:
>
> Unable to connect to server \\localhost:
>
>
> server:Msg17,level16,state1
> [microsoft][odbc sql server driver][dbnet lib]sql server does not exist
>
> or access denied
>
>
> I have already enabled the TCP/IP
> I am using windows XP service pack 2
> Thanx a lot in advance for ur kind help
> regards

What did you specify in Query Analyzer for server? "\\localhost"? That's
not a magic name. Try . (a single dot) or "(local)".

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