This is on my laptop, I am still a learner. I did enable the ports, but still the same error.

Sorry about that. I Installed sql server 2008 r2 on my system and when I query I am getting this error...

Thank you ! I will try tonight and see if that works .

First thing it's not working. secondly I had an enterprise version with the key. I don't know if the Developers version has all the features of the Enterprise version. I...

Well I was browsing the Microsoft website and the SqlServer 2005 Enterprise version is not supported on Windows7 Home premium and only the Developer Edition is possible.

When I tried Installing It gives me a compatibility issue. I can't select the reporting services and it gives a warning for IIS and asp.net.