Thank you, changing collation worked

I have used it previously (but not executed from sql server) in this particular case I need to use xp_cmdshell as that is a part of a bigger import...

We are using Ms Virtual Server 2005 and Win 2003 Ent on both host and virtual machine.

Apparently that configuration allows you to use only 1 host CPU per 1...

Thanks Grasshopper

Nice and simple explanation.

Finally I’ve got my problem fixed

Cheers:

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