The request failed or the service did not respond

Question

I have the following error while I connect to SQL Server 2008 Management Studio with Windows authentication.

"The request failed or the service did not respond in a timely fashion.
Consult the event log or other applicable error logs for details."

Is anybody tell me why i am getting this error, whereas my SQL Server is running under network service built in a/c????

I googled it but not getting solution..

Thanks

Answer 1

For me a simple windows update fixed it, I wish I tried it before.

Answer 2

This really works - i had verified lot of sites and finally got the answer.

This may occurs when the master.mdf or the mastlog.ldf gets corrupt . In order to solve the issue goto the following path.

C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL10_50.MSSQLSERVER\MSSQL , there you will find a folder ” Template Data ” , copy the master.mdf and mastlog.ldf and replace it in

C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL10_50.MSSQLSERVER\MSSQL\DATA folder .

That's it. Now start the MS SQL service and you are done.

Answer 3

If you are running SQL Server in a local environment and not over a TCP/IP connection. Go to Protocols under SQL Server Configuration Manager, Properties, and disable TCP/IP. Once this is done then the error message will go away when restarting the service.

Answer 4

I found from event logs that My SQL server evaluation has expired. I needed to upgrade or needed to use community edition.

Answer 5

Above mentioned issue happened in my local system. Check in sql server configuration manager.
Step 1:
SQL server Network configuration
step 2:

• Protocols for local server name
• Protocol name VIA Disabled or not..
• if not disabled , disable and check

.. after I made changes the sql server browser started working

Answer 6

It was very tedious when I get same problem. When I got this problem, I uninstall my SQL Server 2008 but after installing the SQL Server 2008 again,I got the same problem. I was so tensed plus, I had not gotten any help from any site.

To over come this problem. Simply You Need to go on SQL Server Configuration Manager and then click On Protocols on left panel. If you running Network service just disable 'VIA' Protocol. And after that try to start your SQL service it will run successfully.