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Unable to Connect to SQL Server 2008

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Mar 15, 20261409 views
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I installed SQL Server 2008 on a PC with xxx.xxx.x.200. When I connected to the server from another machine(say xxx.xxx.x.81) using SQL Server Management Studio, I get the following error. Database 28 cannot be autostarted during server shutdown or startup. (Microsoft SQL Server, Error: 904) For he…

Error Output

TITLE: Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio
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Failed to retrieve data for this request. (Microsoft.SqlServer.Manageme…

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Fix for: Unable to Connect to SQL Server 2008

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This question is quite old - hoping you solved your issue long before now... Assuming that you have not, I'd say to try the following: 1.) Check client xxx.xxx.x.81 to ensure that it has the proper ODBC drivers set-up for SQL Server (Control Panel -…

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