How do I fix the error 'Named Pipes Provider, error 40 - Could not open a connection to' SQL Server'?

Question

I can\'t seem to connect to my database from a site. I get this error:

Named Pipes Provider, error: 40 - Could not open a connection to SQL Server

Answer 1

I have one more solution, I think. I recently had changed my computer name so, after I couldn't connect still after trying all above methods. I changed the Server name.. Server name => (browse for more) => under database engine, a new server was found same as computers new name. This worked, and life is good again.