I am having problems getting a machine running SQL Server 2008 R2 (Express) to connect to a SQL Server 2005 (Full Standard Edition) DB on another machine via the LAN. It times out when connecting from a C# application. SSMS on the SQL 2008 machine connects fine, but SSMS on the 2005 machine (connecting to a copy of the same DB on the 2008 machine) says it isn't supported and I need a hotfix.
I downloaded the hotfix link from Microsoft, but when I paste it into the Browser I get a DNS name failure for the Hotfix4 server. I don't want to paste the full link here because it is not made public by MS and you need to request it. However, the first part of the URL is: http://hotfix4.microsoft.com/SQL%20Server%202005...etc.
I have checked out all of the obvious things in both instances (2005 AND 2008)... Both instances are configured to accept remote connections, both have TCP/IP and named pipes protocols enabled, both are running fine for local connections, both have the SQL Browser enabled and the Computer Browser Service running on the network.
As the hot fix doesn't install, I am kind of out of ideas.
Any suggestions?
Thanks,
Pete
I used to write COBOL... now I can do anything.