"Bill" wrote:

> Help. Recently, studio has not been able to connect to reporting services
> (connects to db engine, analysis, etc ok). Only thing happening around that
> time is failed VS2005 update <low c: space, downloaded to other drive & ran
> from there OK>. Reporting services is still running, cranking out reports,
> but I can't get to it. Backed out recent Win2003 & SQL Server updates,
> except new VS2005, but no effect so put back in. Configuration Mgr gets to
> Reporting Services fine, change service acct, stop/start. RSConfig likewise.
> Pipes enabled. No errors on startup in sys or app log. Attempting to
> connect with Studio times out with error:
>
> System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapException: Server was unable to process
> request.
> ---> System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance
> of an object.
>
> at
> Microsoft.ReportingServices.Diagnostics.ExtensionClassFactory.GetExtensionConfigurationInfo(String extensionType, String extensionName)
>
> at
> Microsoft.ReportingServices.Diagnostics.ExtensionClassFactory.GetNewInstanceExtensionClass(String extensionName, String extensionType)
>
> at
> Microsoft.ReportingServices.Library.AuthenticationExtensionFactory.GetAuthenticationExtension(AuthenticationType authType)
>
> at
> Microsoft.ReportingServices.WebServer.WebServiceHelper.ConstructRSServiceObjectFromSecurityExtension()
>
> at Microsoft.ReportingServices.WebServer.ReportingService2005..ctor()
>
> --- End of inner exception stack trace ---