Cannot connect to UserPC\SQLExpress

Question

I just installed SQL Server Management Studio Express 2008. For the username \'sa\', I tried to change the password and login through SQL authentication but it failed.

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Answer 1

Try restarting your SQL Server. Looks like the service is not accepting the connections.

Answer 2

Verify that "SQL Server and Windows Authentication mode" is selected in the Server authentication section of your server's Security properties.

Answer 3

Looks like SQL server is not properly installed.check computer>manage >services and applications ... if you can see SQL server under that its install is successful. if not the problem is with the installation