Reply To: How to fix ”Named Pipes Provider, error: 40” in SQL Server Andrew Jackson ~ Modified: December 10th, 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 10, 2015 at 12:17 pm #993 Score: 0 Andrew JacksonModerator Karma: 1 pt Just enabled TCP/IP, VIA, Named Pipes in SQL Server Configuration manager Search