thanks for the reply Gail,

when you say:

"The remote timeout setting affects remote servers only. It has no effect on how long queries will wait on the local server.

Does this mean that this command only stops executing after the timeout expires, if the engine is on one server and the management studio from where i'm connecting is on other computer?

If the answer is yes, is there any parameter that can be configurated on SQL Server 2005 for timeout with local querys (Management Sudio on the same computer as the engine)?

thanks in advance.