i'm making some cool Linq presentation for my upcoming lecture in 888.
when installing visual studio 2008 and sql server 2005,
a funny error came accross when i tried to connect to the SQL server through the visual studio(on vista):
Could not open connection to SQL Server - Named Pipes Provider, error 40
a few configuration modifications need to be done in the sql server server surface area such as enabling the named pipes, and granting admin priviliges to the worker user.
the second(and most important) is on the server name field you need to specify the sql server instance (for the connection string).
Enjoy.