How solve this error??

[Rami Said Abd Alhalim]

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)

[Colin Angus Mackay]

Please see my previous reply[^]

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[Sandeep Akhare]

This is generral error given by SQL Server 2005 There might be any reasone for it I also faced this problem few days before i tried everything then also it was showing same error At last i switch OFF the Fire Wall of the operating System of the server then it allowed me :) :doh:

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