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in sql configuration manager, do you have tcp/ip network protocols enabled?<br />
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are you trying to connect to these instances on the physical machine?
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in sql configuration manager, do you have tcp/ip network protocols enabled?

are you trying to connect to these instances on the physical machine?

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localhost is just an alias pointing to your machine by name, in effect using MyPCNAME in your example. &nbsp;Is it possible that you have more than one instance of SQL on the second machine, in which case it would have required you to &quot;Name&quot; the second instance and you can only refer to it with a MachineName\InstanceName?<br />
There are several things that could be wrong, and without the complete configuration or access it is hard to diagnose.
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localhost is just an alias pointing to your machine by name, in effect using MyPCNAME in your example.  Is it possible that you have more than one instance of SQL on the second machine, in which case it would have required you to "Name" the second instance and you can only refer to it with a MachineName\InstanceName?
There are several things that could be wrong, and without the complete configuration or access it is hard to diagnose.

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Hi<br />
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Actually I didnt know that I had 2 instances - that seems to be the problem. I have now uninstalled everything, but now I cannot reinstall SQL .... arggggh. Setup passes all tests, installs the Setup Support Files and after that, it just is closing :(<br />
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No error message, nothing :-(
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Hi

Actually I didnt know that I had 2 instances - that seems to be the problem. I have now uninstalled everything, but now I cannot reinstall SQL .... arggggh. Setup passes all tests, installs the Setup Support Files and after that, it just is closing :(

No error message, nothing :-(

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Hello<br />
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I have installed SQL Server 2008 on 2 PC's. On one, i can connect using &quot;localhost&quot;, on the other I can only connect using &quot;MyPCNAME\local&quot;<br />
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How can I change that, so I can also connect using localhost?<br />
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Thanks
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Hello

I have installed SQL Server 2008 on 2 PC's. On one, i can connect using "localhost", on the other I can only connect using "MyPCNAME\local"

How can I change that, so I can also connect using localhost?

Thanks

SQL Server question

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 is a suite of relational database management system (RDBMS) products providing multi-user database access functionality.Component services include integration (SSIS), reporting (SSRS), analysis (SSAS), data quality, master data, T-SQL and performance tuning. Major improvements include the  Always On technologies and support for unstructured data types.