It has been said on a few occasions in this thread in the past.

I think we need to refrain from attacks on the person and refrain from piling on. ...

Thanks for the question.

QUEEN

GSquared (8/10/2012)

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jasona.work (8/10/2012)

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Wi nøt trei a høliday in Sweden this yer?

See the løveli lakes

The wonderful telephøne system

And mani interesting furry animals

Including the majestic møøse

A Møøse once bit my sister...

Have you run through this doc from IBM on the error message?

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21175923

Delano

From there, I would look at the drivers used (e.g. ACE drivers for Excel) to make that connection. Compare between the XP machine and the ones that work.

Which post?

Evil Kraig F (8/9/2012)

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Sean Lange (8/9/2012)

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Woohoo!!! Vacation starts in about 7 minutes. Meeting my wife's parents, her brother and another close family friend for a long weekend in Chicago. 16...

Sounds like the server is not in Mixed mode authentication. Check to see that SQL logins are enabled.

Here is a nice little writeup on detecting gaps and some methods that can be used

http://blog.waynesheffield.com/wayne/archive/2012/04/sql-server-2012-performance-test-gap-detection/

Lynn Pettis (8/9/2012)

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SQLRNNR (8/9/2012)

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Lynn Pettis (8/9/2012)

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SQLRNNR (8/9/2012)

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Lynn Pettis (8/9/2012)

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< rant on >

Here we go again. Let's berate an OP because of things he/she may not even have any control...

I liked this question. I think it could have been formatted slightly different - but it is a good question.

Steve Jones - SSC Editor (8/9/2012)

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The numbers are a bit off when I award back points.

The script accidentally gave everyone points, which is what I normally do when a question...

Lynn Pettis (8/9/2012)

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SQLRNNR (8/9/2012)

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Lynn Pettis (8/9/2012)

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< rant on >

Here we go again. Let's berate an OP because of things he/she may not even have any control over. I...