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                                         csaha 
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                                             Posted - 2012-09-07 : 12:46:20
                                            
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                                            | Do I need to create publication using domain account only? I tried creating local windows account on the sqlserver, added the account in the security as well as the database but I keep getting the error Proxy "servernameaccount" is not avalid Windows user. Changed database context to database name (Microsoft SQL Server, Error 14529) I am creating remote distributor ie I have a 3 separate instance, publisher server1, subscriber server3, distributor server 2. | 
                                             
                                         
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