I believe mine is the memory issue, see below:
How do you change memory settings if you can't even connect to the server.
When connecting through SQLcmd I get the same error. Any help will do.
also when trying to do a repair of the installation same error apprears.
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TITLE: Connect to Server
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Cannot connect to ..
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
A connection was successfully established with the server, but then an error occurred during the login process. (provider: Shared Memory Provider, error: 0 - No process is on the other end of the pipe.) (Microsoft SQL Server, Error: 233)
For help, click: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink?ProdName=Microsoft+SQL+Server&EvtSrc=MSSQLServer&EvtID=233&LinkId=20476
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