That worked!! I added the entry to the host file and it let me complete that wizard. Now I am off to figure what is next. I need to get...

yes and listed my publisher and I set the publisher password. When I went to my publisher I get to the part in the wizard that has me list the...

I do but all firewall rules are set up. I can connect both direction using SQL management studio

TITLE: Configure Distribution Wizard

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SQL Server could not connect to the Distributor using the specified password.

For help, click: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink?ProdName=Microsoft+SQL+Server&ProdVer=10.0.1600.22&EvtSrc=Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.UI.ReplUtilitiesErrorSR&EvtID=CantConnectAdminPassword&LinkId=20476

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

Connection to server [189567-2] failed.

OLE DB provider "SQLNCLI10" for linked server "15D2EEC4-C764-4719-A224-B6C6289BA65C"...