I stumbled on this article and thread as I searched for help with allowing "remote" users to connect to a SQL Server 2005 Express database. Front-end is an Access "project" (ADP) and computers are merely using the built-in Windows XP peer-to-peer networking. Can anyone advise me or point me to an article that describes how such "remote" users are treated. I seem to be "connecting" with the database but not being "authenticated". Many thanks,