Error when connecting to server via SQL 2005 Management Studio in Object Explorer but not Query

Hi,

I'm getting the error below when I attempt to connect to a remote Sql 2005 server using Management Studio and the Object Explorer. The same error does not occur if I go through "New > Database Engine Query" and fill out the same connection dialog with the exact same information. FYI, I am connecting to the IP of an external SQL 2005 server via SQL Server Authentication, and there is some level of connection going on as connecting with the wrong authentication information gives me a standard authentication error even while using the Object Explorer dialog. I am able to do all operations I need in the database engine query window without problem.

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Failed to retrieve data for this request. (Microsoft.SqlServer.SmoEnum)

For help, click: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink?ProdName=Microsoft+SQL+Server&LinkId=20476

A transport-level error has occurred when receiving results from the server. (provider: TCP Provider, error: 0 - The specified network name is no longer available.) (Microsoft SQL Server, Error: 64)

For help, click: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink?ProdName=Microsoft+SQL+Server&EvtSrc=MSSQLServer&EvtID=64&LinkId=20476

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Any ideas on why this would occur? I know this is a standard "network issue" type problem but I'm not aware of any difference that would allow the connection to work fine in one and not the other.

Thanks!

I have this exact error too. Please post if you have made progress on this.

-H

|||Same error here as well. I can connect using 2005 management studio from my XP workstation, but my Vista machine throws this error.|||OK - Same error - also from a Vista machine. Has anyone found the solution|||I think there is some problem with the object explorer dlls. I got the error after installing MDAC 2.7. When i connect it says some dll does registered, but i can connect thru database engine query.|||This shouldn't be related to MDAC at all. Management Studio doesn't use MDAC for any connections. How are you establishing your connections (using server name or IP)?|||

I suspect you are running into a firewall issue on Vista. The built-in firewall on Vista is much more capable than the XP firewall. The Vista firewall can block outbound connections as well as the inbound connections the XP firewall can block.

Make sure you add a firewall exception for sqlwb.exe (the management studio executable). You might need to open up port 1433 TCP as well.

Hope this helps,

Steve