You should have a file called sqlstp.log in your C:\Windows or C:\WinNT directory. What are the last 10 lines or so of that file? Be sure to remove anything that...

But you see the SQL Server message in Outlook? Is Outlook 2003 set to Cached Exchange Mode?

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Actually, no, don't have much comment on that part. In the past when I've had to manually uninstall a SQL Server (granted it was SQL Server 2000), I went at...

It's worth a shot. Of course, the usual provisos apply: make copies of your important stuff before you do. .NET Framework 2.0 would have come with VS2k5, though. Also, if...

Actually, to confuse matters you have 3 different versions of the .NET framework installed, but 3 different versions of 2.0.

.NET Framework 1.0

.NET Framework 1.1

.NET Framework 2.0

.NET Framework 1.0 and...

Are you sure it's not dropping back to Named Pipes to make the connection to the linked server?

Normally, if you set it through EM, all things are taken care of. However, if you're using AWE memory or the like, there are some special rights that'll need to...

http://support.microsoft.com/

Do a search for SQL Server XP and it'll come back with the relevant links.

My 6 year-old is chomping at the bit to turn 7 and play football in the league here. He didn't like soccer because he couldn't tackle anyone. He's slight of...

Microsoft made significant changes in Windows Server 2003, especially with regards to how the communications work. SQL Server 2000 doesn't work on TCP/IP until you apply SP3. My guess is...

It runs on Windows XP. Quite a few of us have a developer edition version running on Windows XP, even SP2. However, be sure to check the KB articles on...

That should be sufficient. Using QA, are you able to connect to the remote server? It may fail if the remote server is set up for Windows authentication only.

When we do heartbeat checks on our SQL Servers, we basically monitor to see a connection can be made. We do this through an ADO connection. If you perform a...

Based on the error returned, it looks like you specified a bad connection path to your SQL Server. I say that because of the "Unable to connect. Invalid URL." and...