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I installed Windows 8 on my laptop and I'm going through installing my software. I just installed SQL Server 2008 R2, but none of the logon information I supplied will allow me to logon. I'm not sure what the problem is. I tried using Windows authentication and SQL Authentication. I didn't have this problem installing on Windows 7. Has anyone else gone through this?

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Did you set it up for windows auth or mixed mode? – billinkc Sep 17 '11 at 13:32
Thanks for the input. The problem was, I was trying to connect to the instance name. I needed to connect to .[Instance Name]. You provided good information I will likely need in the future. – PaulJBeaton Sep 17 '11 at 14:35
How exactly were you able to install it?! I keep on getting an error telling me I'm installing a copy of SQL Server with a language that is different from the OS language! the only problem is, the OS default language is English, and the installer I am using is English ... SO I don't know what is I'm doing wrong ... – user95145 Sep 19 '11 at 12:57
I would suggest you post this to the board. Since this question was already answered, I'm not sure anyone will look at this anymore. – PaulJBeaton Sep 28 '11 at 15:29

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Assuming you are an admin on your machine, you can start it in single user mode and then it's a simple matter of fixing it - Connecting to SQL Server When System Administrators Are Locked Out

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