Is this the same as SQL Server Management Studio? This is what I usually use when I need to make changes to a database. (Sorry that my questions are very newbie but this is the sad state of my knowledge of SQL Server)
>Run SQl Server Configuration manager.
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>>How do I check if SQL Server is running?
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>>>Did you check if SQL Server is running when you get the error?
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