Reply To: How to fix ”Named Pipes Provider, error: 40” in SQL Server Stephen West ~ Modified: December 7th, 2015 ~ ~ 1 Minute Reading Home › Forums › How to fix ”Named Pipes Provider, error: 40” in SQL Server › Reply To: How to fix ”Named Pipes Provider, error: 40” in SQL Server December 7, 2015 at 10:45 am #983 Score: 0 Stephen WestModerator Karma: 4 pts I have checked the remote connection, named pipes/TCP and also tried the local IP address to connect but I am still getting the error Search