The request failed or the service did not respond in a timely fashion?

Question

I have the following error while I connect to SQL Server 2008 Management Studio with Windows authentication.

\"The request failed or the service did not resp         


        

Answer 1

If you are running SQL Server in a local environment and not over a TCP/IP connection. Go to Protocols under SQL Server Configuration Manager, Properties, and disable TCP/IP. Once this is done then the error message will go away when restarting the service.