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Vack
Aged Yak Warrior
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 Posted - 2012-01-10 : 09:27:25
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| I'm trying to install SQL 2008 Standard on a windows 7 Pro 64 bit machine. The install seems to go fine. but when I go to management studio it says SQLEXPRESS and I'm unable to connect. I do the same installation on an XP Pro machine and have not problems at all. Are there special steps needed to install on a 64 bit machine? |
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sunitabeck
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker
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Posted - 2012-01-10 : 10:48:23
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| You shouldn't need to do anything special simply because the OS is 64-bit to use SSMS. See if SQL server is running from services.msc. Start->Run->services.msc. Also, if it is a named instance, the instance name will be in brackets (for default it should be MSSQLSERVER). |
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khtan
In (Som, Ni, Yak)
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Posted - 2012-01-10 : 10:53:33
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You can't install Standard edition on Win 7 Pro. Only Developer or Express editionMy guess is SQL 2008 Std engine was not install at all. You might already have SQL Express installed in your Win 7 machine.
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Windows 7 SQL 2008