![]() (provider: SQL Network Interfaces, error: 40 – Error Locating Server/Instance Specified)”įigure 2 – Cannot Connect to SQL Server Error Message Verify that the instance name is correct and that SQL Server is configured to allow remote connections. The server was not found or was not accessible. Instance 2: When trying to connect to SQL Server to run a web project, a user received an error message: “ A network-related or instance-specific error occurred while establishing a connection to SQL Server. If this is a non-Microsoft service, contact the service vendor, and refer to service-specific error code 3417.” For more information, review the System Event Log. On trying to start the server again, it displayed an error message: “ Windows could not start the SQL Server (MSSQLSERVER) on Local Computer. ![]() Instance 1: In this instance, a user reported that when moving the folder: (Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL11.MSSQLSERVER\MSSQL) to another drive, the SQL server stopped working. Before discussing the reasons behind the SQL service error 3417 and workarounds to fix it, let’s first look at a few user instances reporting the error.
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