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gbatta
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Posted - 2008-03-10 : 13:35:58
Dear All,

My office computer just had Vista installed on it and while going back through to re-install my software, I have encountered a problem in SQL Server 8.0. (Yes, I know it's old and likely has comparability issues with Vista, but I don't have the option to upgrade at this point.) I have two servers to register. One works fine, but the other won't register and returns the error "SQL Server does not exist or access denied. ConnectionOpen (Connect())". I am able to register these on machines running XP and Windows Server 2003, but not on my Vista machine. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to fix this problem?

Thank you!

SwePeso
Patron Saint of Lost Yaks

30421 Posts

Posted - 2008-03-10 : 15:40:31
Is SP4 installed too?
Have you run the user elevation tool?



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gbatta
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Posted - 2008-03-10 : 15:55:45
Yes, SP4 is installed. What is the user elevation tool? I am not familiar with that.
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SwePeso
Patron Saint of Lost Yaks

30421 Posts

Posted - 2008-03-10 : 16:09:37
In Vista, the local administrator is not longer automatically added as system admin for sql server.


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