Logging into SQL Server [closed]

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so I am trying to login to SQL server, but I couldn’t, showing the error message – "A network-related issue or instance specific error occurred while establishing a connection to SQL Server. The server was not found or was not accessible. Verify that the instance name is correct and that SQL Server is configured to allow remote connections (Provider: Named pipes provider, error: 40 – could not open a connection to SQL Server. The network path was not found".

Can be this related to the ODBC connector or something? I think it is something related to ODBC connector. Also, an explanation on what ODBC is all about will be appreciated.

I tried decrypting, entered a correct password and username, and still not connecting