Check the firewall settings and my blog for a checklist on getting
connected.
hth
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[quoted text, click to view] "Larry Killen" <lkillen@charter.net> wrote in message
news:tii9i.626$3j6.282@newsfe03.lga...
>I am presented with...
> TITLE: Connect to Server
> ------------------------------
>
> Cannot connect to LARRYTESTBOX\SQLEXPRESS.
>
> ------------------------------
> ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
>
> An error has occurred while establishing a connection to the server. When
> connecting to SQL Server 2005, this failure may be caused by the fact that
> under the default settings SQL Server does not allow remote connections.
> (provider: SQL Network Interfaces, error: 26 - Error Locating
> Server/Instance Specified) (Microsoft SQL Server, Error: -1)
>
> For help, click:
>
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink?ProdName=Microsoft+SQL+Server&EvtSrc=MSSQLServer&EvtID=-1&LinkId=20476 >
> ------------------------------
> BUTTONS:
>
> OK
> ------------------------------
>
> I installed SQLExpress on a Windows 2000 Pro machine. It is configured
> Mix Mode. I have it's browser running. It is visible from my computer
> under Network Servers. I attempt to log on as sa.
>
> Strangely, I did exactly the same last week for a client. The only
> difference was that the machine was XP Pro SP-2. Should that make a
> difference? I have DotNet 3.0 installed. What else shoudl I check?
> TIA
>
>
