We have a print lab that uses Sql Server Express and connects via a dozen windows PCs
Everything has been running fine until this afternoon and now none of my PC's can connect to sql server
I have verified that our server is running. Connections are enabled. Telnet even works to the port. There was a windows defender update last night and was changing our WINS server settings. Related?
Any suggestions? I downloaded SQL Server Management Studio, it sees the server but when I try to connect to this table it says
A network-related or instance-specific error occurred while establishing a connection to SQL Server. The server was not found or was not accessible. Verify that the instance name is correct and that SQL Server is configured to allow remote connections. (provider: SQL Network Interfaces, error: 26 - Error Locating Server/Instance...