Posted by Erland Sommarskog on 06/26/06 22:35

Chris (chris.wisherd@kenblanchard.com) writes:
> Don't know if there is a simple solution for this one or not. When
> running SQL server on a machine with 2000 loaded and the complete SQL
> package I don't have any issues. Now I'm trying to login using my XP
> machine with MSSQL developer edition, and I can not connect to my
> remote servers via TCP/IP. It can see the server, and it establishes a
> connection, but I can't access my files, and the connection seems
> incredibly slow. I have checked my firewall, and its fine. I'm just
> wondering why my 2000 system can access it, but my XP can't. Any
> ideas???

I'm confused, can't you connect at all, or is the communication just slow?

On which machine does the SQL Server you are connecting to run? Is the XP
machine in the same domain as the SQL Server machine?

What files are you unable to access? You usually don't use SQL Server
to access files.


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