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Asked: 2026-05-25T14:42:41+00:00

I’ve just installed SQL Server 2005 on a VM on Windows 2008 R2. I

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I’ve just installed SQL Server 2005 on a VM on Windows 2008 R2. I cannot seem to register the server in Management Studio.

  • The SQL Server service is running.
  • The Surface Area Configuration tool shows remote TCP connections are allowed on port 1433 (default)
  • Windows Firewall is OFF and the server is on my LAN.
  • I CAN register the server on the machine itself.

I can even telnet to 1433 from the remote machine I’m trying to register it from and it accepts the connection, but I still can’t register it in SSMS – it says there is a network error trying to connect. What else could be stopping this from working?

EDIT:
I’m wondering if the problem is related to the fact that I’ve installed it as a named instance instead of the default instance and there are no other instances on the machine?

Thanks,
Nick

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    SQL Server browser service was not actually running. Now that it’s running I can connect. Thanks to Filburt for the tip.

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