Hi Jack,

Thanks for your response

I have made SQL Service Account administrator on the server

given SQL Service Account all the rights on the excel file

mapped local SQL Login to the remote ID of SQL Service Account

however i got this error

OLE DB provider "Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0" for linked server "balle" returned message "Not a valid account name or password.".

Msg 7399, Level 16, State 1, Line 2

The OLE DB provider "Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0" for linked server "balle" reported an error. Authentication failed.

Msg 7303, Level 16, State 1, Line 2

Cannot initialize the data source object of OLE DB provider "Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0" for linked server "balle".

interesting if i give local SQL ID sysadmin rights then its able to access linked server

Please help