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Originally posted by moonshine4

hi everybody

I need a help in sql server problem please

i faced with the following problems in sql server :

A network-related or instance-specific error occurred while establishing a connection to SQL Server. The server was not found or was not accessible. Verify that the instance name is correct and that SQL Server is configured to allow remote connections. (provider: Shared Memory Provider, error: 40 - Could not open a connection to SQL Server) (Microsoft SQL Server, Error: 2)

and

unable to connect report server wmi provider invalid namespace

I cannot solve it so i remove sql server and try to setup it again but every time I setup it didn't setup sql server management studio


so I go to registry " regedit" and remove all containing "sql" in its name

and I reinstall sql server again , it's installed successfully
but the old problem is still exist.

i try to disable tcp/ip and via in sql server configuration manager
the sql server service is stopped an when I try to start it
it show the following error:

sql server service the request faild or the service didn't respond in a timely fashion

I need help as soon as you can please

thanks in advance

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