Jim P. (8/20/2013)
There is one configuration change that I always make immediately after I install SQL Server, and advise everyone else to do too. That is turn off Named Pipes. I don't know if they'll ever get rid of it, but I think it is the most useless thing M$ ever did.
LOL, named pipes used to be important. Back when I started, we weren't running TCP/IP and named pipes worked well to allow communication.
It is archaic and unneeded now, but it served a purpose at a time.