How to find the port for MS SQL Server 2008?

Question

I am running MS SQL Server 2008 on my local machine. I know that the default port is 1433 but some how it is not listening at this port. The SQL is an Express edition.

Answer 1

I solved the problem by enabling the TCP/IP using the SQL Server Configuration Manager under Protocols for SQLEXPRESS2008, i restarted the service and now the "Server is listening on" shows up in the ERRORLOG file