A connection was successfully established with the server, but then an error occurred during the

I have just installed MS SQL Server 2005 Express edition along with the SSMSE. I am using windows authentication. When I open SSMSE it connects me to a 'local instance' of the server. From there I right click on Database and select to add a new Database and I get the error above. I think I only need to allow local connections to the engine but I have tried allowing remote conections with all varations of named pipes and TCP/IP. I am running on Windows XP SP2 (home).Hi,

could you please post the whole error message ?

You might take a look at this site in the meantime: http://blogs.msdn.com/sql_protocols/Default.aspx?p=2

HTH; Jens K. Suessmeyer.

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