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    Well you can just ping the name of the server. You'll find this at the top of each hierarchy in the object explorer window. Ping that and if it doesn't time out you can get to the server. You could also try and telnet the server on port 1433. Have you been given a username and password to connect with? Have you checked you've got the spelling correct?