You cannot connect to a local instance of SQL Server on a Windows XP-based computer or on a Windows 2000-based computer when you use ‘localhost’ in the pipe name

On a Microsoft Windows XP-based computer or on a Microsoft Windows 2000-based computer, you use the Named Pipes protocol to connect to a local instance of Microsoft SQL Server 2005 or Microsoft SQL Server 2000. When you use “localhost” in the pipe name, you cannot connect to the instance of SQL Serv

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