Thank you. The Browser service is running as started and on automatic on remote server called Server1. I have changed the name to just server1 but i get the below error a slightly shorter one though.

An exception occurred while executing a Transact-SQL statement or batch. (Microsoft.SqlServer.ConnectionInfo)

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Program Location:

at Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Common.ServerConnection.ExecuteNonQuery(String sqlCommand, ExecutionTypes executionType)

at Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.ExecutionManager.ExecuteNonQuery(String cmd)

at Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.LinkedServer.TestConnection()

at Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.SqlManagerUI.LinkedServerProperties.DoPreProcessExecution(RunType runType, ExecutionMode& executionResult)

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Login failed for user 'xxxxxxxxx'. (.Net SqlClient Data Provider)