How do I try establishing remote connections to SQL Server 2005?
Q: An error has occurred while establishing a connection to the server. When connecting to SQL Server 2005, this failure may be caused by the fact that under the default settings SQL Server does not allow remote connections. (provider: Named Pipes Provider, error: 40 - Could not open a connection to SQL Server) (Microsoft SQL Server, Error: 53)
Iain Kick says: By default SQL Server 2005 does not allow remote connections. Enable these using the Surface Area Configuration tool.
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