How to register SQLExpress 2005 from SQL Server Management Studio?

I noticed SQL2005 XE installation does not come with SQL Server
Management Studio. If I install SQL2005 XE on a machine, how can I
connect to it thru SQL Server Management Studio from my workstation?
In sql2k, you can register a SQL MSDE thru EM, is there a change to
this in sql2k5? I went thru the readme file for sql2005 xe but there's
no mention of this topic.
I do not want to use SSMSE mentioned in this article to manage the
sql2005 xe, I want to use the regular SQL Server Management Studio to
manage it.
<http://support.microsoft.com/kb/907716>
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> I noticed SQL2005 XE installation does not come with SQL Server
> Management Studio. If I install SQL2005 XE on a machine, how can I
> connect to it thru SQL Server Management Studio from my workstation?
> In sql2k, you can register a SQL MSDE thru EM, is there a change to
> this in sql2k5? I went thru the readme file for sql2005 xe but there's
> no mention of this topic.
> I do not want to use SSMSE mentioned in this article to manage the
> sql2005 xe, I want to use the regular SQL Server Management Studio to
> manage it.
> <http://support.microsoft.com/kb/907716>
>
Register it just like any named instance. However by default TCP/IP, Named
Pipes and the Browser service are disabled in Express Edition installs.
Enable them to connect to the named instance from a remote machine.
David|||hmm...that's what i thought. however i was unable to register the XE.
(i understand TCP/IP was disabled by default).
can the machine have hyphen in it? such as 'my-test-machine'?