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                                         jimeeg 
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                                             Posted - 2006-11-16 : 10:29:28
                                            
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                                            | i have installed MSDE 2000 on a Windows 2000 computer for testing.  the problem i have is that ports 1433 and 1434 are not open.  when i try to connect to them they return a "port unreachable" icmp.  also, when i nmap scan the ports they are shown as closed.i do not have any patches installed and the windows firewall is not installed either.how to i enable the ports and get MSDE communicating? | 
                                             
                                         
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                                     vst 
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                                            Posted - 2007-05-15 : 17:41:58
                                          
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                                          | You can enable the ports by runnning svrnetcn.exe.  | 
                                         
                                        
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