• We cannot make use of xp_cmdshell. It has been deleted from our extended procedures list for security reasons.

    This is the error I get:

    HResult 0x2, Level 16, State 1

    Named Pipes Provider: Could not open a connection to SQL Server [2].

    Sqlcmd: Error: Microsoft 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..

    Sqlcmd: Error: Microsoft SQL Native Client : Login timeout expired.