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I am connecting to a local copy of SQL server, and I turned the internet off as well as Kaspersky and I still received the same error.
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I am connecting to a local copy of SQL server, and I turned the internet off as well as Kaspersky and I still received the same error.

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I just solved the problem. &nbsp;I turned the machine off, made sure it was unplugged, and took the battery out. &nbsp;Then I held the power button down for 60 seconds and put the battery back in. &nbsp;I restarted the computer and started SQL Server and it now works. &nbsp;I believe I have some hardware issues with this machine, so I will have to get it fixed. &nbsp;Thank you for your suggestion.
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I just solved the problem.  I turned the machine off, made sure it was unplugged, and took the battery out.  Then I held the power button down for 60 seconds and put the battery back in.  I restarted the computer and started SQL Server and it now works.  I believe I have some hardware issues with this machine, so I will have to get it fixed.  Thank you for your suggestion.

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My copy of SQL Server 2008 has stopped working. &nbsp;I have had it installed since August and use it every day. &nbsp;All of a sudden when I started up the computer, I am getting a message stating that it can't open a connection to local. &nbsp;error 40 - Could not open a connection to SQL Server. &nbsp;Microsoft SQL Server, Error: 2<br />
Am I going to have to reinstall SQL server or could there be another problem? &nbsp;<br />
I shut down the computer and restarted it and I received the same error. &nbsp;<br />
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I had Windows Authentication and I switched it to SQL Server Authentication and I recieved the same result. Any thoughts?
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My copy of SQL Server 2008 has stopped working.  I have had it installed since August and use it every day.  All of a sudden when I started up the computer, I am getting a message stating that it can't open a connection to local.  error 40 - Could not open a connection to SQL Server.  Microsoft SQL Server, Error: 2
Am I going to have to reinstall SQL server or could there be another problem?  
I shut down the computer and restarted it and I received the same error.  

I had Windows Authentication and I switched it to SQL Server Authentication and I recieved the same result. Any thoughts?

cannot connect ot local

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.