It would also be interesting to find out why people don't go to local user meetings...   is it because it is so easy to get information online from forums like...

interesting ideas.....

A friend of mine is trying to get a user group set up in my community, and I have been asked to help.  I have been hesitant in the...

I'm looking to buy a new laptop and am really leary about getting one with VISTA...   and which version of VISTA should I get anyway?   XP was easy... home and...

'Does anyone really feel that IT has a promising future as a career field?  Be honest!'  

I think you can have a promising career... but people will have to make their own...

Well I am not tired of having this discussion and since I know my perspective and opinions on the subject has changed a lot throughout my career I...

--When you installed default instance SRV001, IT was assigned a virtual ip address,

--111.111.111.111. When installing named instance, you can create SQL Server -----

--virtual server name as SRV002\NM1 and assigned...

Thanks for the input.... but since I want DEV_AP1 to refer only to the TCP\IP part of the address... I can't set DEV_AP1\NM1 up that way in DNS.

I am beginning...

1. Do you have two separted clustered servers installation? One installed with SRV001 default instance and SRV001\NM1 named instance, The otehr has DEV_AP1 default instance and DEV_AP1\NM1 named instance installed.

NO.......

Thx for the quick reply!

DEV_AP1 (SRV001) is set to use SQL Server and Windows authentication. I get the same error if I try to log on using NT...