>>I did try to restart the service and all works fine. So, in my opinion, stopping/pausing/restarting the service is not what I am looking for. I need to be able to set something to have the connection time out. But maybe such thing does not even exist.
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>You'd need another box, with SQL server on it, express version would suffice. It may be virtual. And then you just yank the network cable (simulate network breakup), or suspend that machine (server down - works the same with virtual), or go for a walk and see if it timed out on you when you come back.
I do have another PC, Windows 10, which is on the same "network" since both PCs are working through the same router. I need to re-learn how to be able to "view" the Windows 10 from this, Windows 7.
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