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Asked: 2026-05-19T03:28:32+00:00

Possible Duplicate: Cannot connect to UserPC\SQLExpress I have been struggling to find a solution

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Cannot connect to UserPC\SQLExpress

I have been struggling to find a solution for this from long but in vain. I recently installed SQL Server Management Studio Express and tried to login with SQL authentication with ‘sa’ username. It was giving me error 233, so I enabled NamedPipes, Shared Memory and TCP IP from Configuration Manager.

Now, I when I try to login, it shows an Error:

Login failed for the user ”. Erorr: 18456

Screenshot:

https://i.stack.imgur.com/IUzox.jpg

I checked the server error logs and they were showing me

2011-01-07 01:35:12.47 spid17s Error: 17054, Severity: 16, State: 1.

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  1. Editorial Team

    Try logging in with “Windows Authentication” first and create a new user with a password. You can use this new username/password to login and find out if you are using the right user/pwd combination.

    Hope this helps

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