Server Error i need to 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) i need to solve this error I set TCP\IP protcol server and named pipes in network configration but this error have still Rami said Abdalhalim

[Blue_Boy]

start service named W3SVC (World Wide Web Publishing)

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[Rami Said Abd Alhalim]

this service started before this error Rami SAid Abd Alhalim

[Talal Sultan]

Is the SQL Server 2005 you are trying to access on another machine? Because if it is, you might be having a firewall on that machine which is preventing your code from access the database server. Talal

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[Rami Said Abd Alhalim]

thanks talal : but i am using sql server 2000 and i trying test on application without firewall(Stop Firewall),and i opened all ports to connection on server (TCP/IP)port but i have the same problem