Hi, I have configured distributor on Sql server 2008 and I'm trying to create a a publication on a server ( sql server 2005). I get the following error when i try to create a publication through the sql server 2008 ssms . SQL Server could not connect to the Distributor using the specified password.Connection to server [Serv1] failed.OLE DB provider "SQLNCLI" for linked server "8xxxxxxxxA-Bxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxx" returned message "Login timeout expired".OLE DB provider "SQLNCLI" for linked server "8xxxxxxxxA-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxx-xxxxxxxxxxx" returned message "An error has occurred while establishing a connection to the server. When connecting to SQL Server 2005, this failure may be caused by the fact that under the default settings SQL Server does not allow remote connections.".The sql server versions are :9.00.1399.06 RTMEnterprise Edition (64-bit) (Sql server 2005) publisher9.00.3042.00 SP2Developer Edition (64-bit) (Sql server 2005)- publisher10.50.1600.1 RTMStandard Edition (64-bit) (sql server 2008)- DistributorAny pointers would be greatly appreciated.Thanks,Leo
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