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Hello Everyone,
Please move to the correct forum, i wasn't sure where to put this. I also posted this to MSDN, but wanted to post here as well.

I am using VS 2008 Pro Edition

Yesterday i was able to create projects using the Add new Data Source Wizard just fine.

Today, i am having a problem.

#1 click add new data source
#2 choose data source as the source type
#3 - click new connection
Nothing happens. It closes the wizard. and returns me to the data source explorer where i can click add new data source again, but i am stuck in the same loop. I tried rebooting, but i am not able to do anything after this point.

Any ideas?? Thank you.

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jbrock31,
>Which database product are you using?
>It is possible that database server is not started.

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SQL server 2008 express. Which service am i looking for?

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Verify database service instance using Server Explorer menu item in VS2008.

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