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Try running SSMS as an administrator to see if the message goes away.<br />
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Edit: &nbsp;My thought is an issue with it not passing an admin token.
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I tried turning off the UAC based on what i read online and that didn't work either
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<a href="https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/28327754/need-to-get-SA-password.html?anchorAnswerId=39747023#a39747023" rel="ugc">http://www.experts-exchang<wbr />e.com/Data<wbr />base/MS-SQ<wbr />L-Server/S<wbr />QL-Server-<wbr />2005/Q_283<wbr />27754.html<wbr />#a39747023<wbr /></a>
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I'm not sure i added the user to the sysadmin group.<br />
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How would I do this . &nbsp;I am completely new at all of this
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ooops sorry i got the link u sent now.
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It's a good exercise to go through - the very last point in time you ever want to have to learn to do this is on a downed production system!
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I installed SQL Server on my laptop (windows 8). &nbsp;When I try to connect to the database engine i get the following error<br />
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&quot;Token-based server access validation failed with an infrastructure error&quot;<br />
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Why?
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I installed SQL Server on my laptop (windows 8).  When I try to connect to the database engine i get the following error

"Token-based server access validation failed with an infrastructure error"

Why?

Try running SSMS as an administrator to see if the message goes away.

Edit:  My thought is an issue with it not passing an admin token.

I tried turning off the UAC based on what i read online and that didn&#39;t work either

http://www.experts-exchange.com/Database/MS-SQL-Server/SQL-Server-2005/Q_28327754.html#a39747023 (https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/28327754/need-to-get-SA-password.html?anchorAnswerId=39747023#a39747023)

I&#39;m not sure i added the user to the sysadmin group.

How would I do this .  I am completely new at all of this

It&#39;s a good exercise to go through - the very last point in time you ever want to have to learn to do this is on a downed production system!

Setting up sql server on latop -- getting error Token-based server access validation failed with an infrastructure error

I installed SQL Server on my laptop (windows 8).  When I try to connect to the database engine i get the following error

&quot;Token-based server access validation failed with an infrastructure error&quot;

Why?

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.