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collie
Constraint Violating Yak Guru

400 Posts

Posted - 2008-07-21 : 09:39:57
Hi,

When trying to connect to a server in sql 2005 i get the following error:
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: TCP Provider, error: 0 - No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it.) (Microsoft SQL Server, Error: 10061)

How can I solve this?

Thanks

Whisky-my beloved dog who died suddenly on the 29/06/06-I miss u so much.

mdubey
Posting Yak Master

133 Posts

Posted - 2008-07-21 : 10:46:48
Please go thru this http://blogs.msdn.com/sql_protocols/archive/2005/09/28/474698.aspx

Try to start the SQL Browser services and then restart SQL Engine and Agent.

It will work.

Manoj
MCP, MCTS
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rmiao
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker

7266 Posts

Posted - 2008-07-21 : 22:47:39
And ensure you enabled remote access with tcp/ip or named pipes protocol.
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collie
Constraint Violating Yak Guru

400 Posts

Posted - 2008-07-22 : 03:51:28
The server doesn't exist. It has been deleted by someone.

Whisky-my beloved dog who died suddenly on the 29/06/06-I miss u so much.
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collie
Constraint Violating Yak Guru

400 Posts

Posted - 2008-07-22 : 03:52:05
Where are my manners this morning? Thanks guys for the help :-)

Whisky-my beloved dog who died suddenly on the 29/06/06-I miss u so much.
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