Re: OSQL Remote Connection Refused on SQL Svr 2005 Express

SQL Server Express Edition's default configuration does not allow remote connections (as the message says). Use the SQL Server Surface Area Configuration tool to open the ports, enable the protocols and start the SQL Browser service to make it visible. Once you've made it visible, you need to have rights on the database in question (the initial catalog) to gain access to the server. See Chapter 9 of my book or the whitepaper on connecting on my blog. www.betav.com/blog/billva

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"Mario" <Mario@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:68D74712-C8D6-4304-A09E-B809F237005B@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
HI,

Having this error message when try to connect to the sql.

[SQL Native Client]TCP Provider: No connection could be made because the
target machine actively refused it.
[SQL Native Client]Login timeout expired
[SQL Native Client]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.

Help

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