Just installed Sql Server 2008 and cannot access it

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Published on 2010-04-19T00:37:52Z Indexed on 2010/04/19 0:44 UTC
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I just install Sql Server 2008 on a new server and I cannot connect to it.

I'm trying to connect using Windows Authentication to the localhost but I get the following error:

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: Named Pipes Provider, error: 40 - Could not open a connection to SQL Server) (Microsoft SQL Server, Error: 2)

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