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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: Shared Memory Provider, error: 40 - Could not open a connection to SQL Server) (.Net SqlClient Data Provider)

Thursday, May 8, 2008 9:31 AM

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shimey75,

Thank you for visiting the Microsoft Genuine Advantage Forum. The purpose of this forum is the support of Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) program. Your question is off topic as well as outside my area of knowledge. I suggest posting your question to the Discussions in Windows XP General Forum newsgroups here:

There is another forum under the MSND umbrella and a post that I found that might be helpful with the issue you are seeing. Please check this posting out http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=3015903&SiteID=1 which is also located at this forum site:

MSDN Forums » SQL Server » SQL Server Data Access » SQL 2005 : provider: Named Pipes Provider, error: 40 - Could not open a connection to SQL Server

I hope this has helped!

Lori MS

Monday, May 12, 2008 4:53 PM