Recently installed SQL Server 2005 in the project, I found that the local server was not found, because I had installed SQL server2008, opened the 2005 database engine can not find the local server, on the web also cannot find the correct solution, that is not installed components, There was a reinstall once the problem was still there, and it was very depressing,
Then think about whether the components are not installed, reload once or so, and then think about whether 2005 of the server instance and 2008 coincide, in the reload when the instance of installing this step did not select the default instance
In the following figure, note here: You cannot select a default instance, and clicking Installed instances finds 2008 server names, and if you choose the default, 2005 will not be installed
All of the names in the named instance are filled in with the server name, such as SQL2005, and other installations follow normal steps, and after installation, 2005 of the local servers are found on the local server.
In this SQL Server installation process I believe there are friends of similar problems, recorded here, so as not to encounter the same problem Bo friends repeat the same!