The SQL Logon for 'ACUTEC\Steve' has 'sysadmin' role on the target server and is also a member of Domain Admins in Active Directory.

Thanks Crazy - I have checked and 'Allow remote connections to this server' is ticked with a 600 second timeout.

I am running Management Studio on a PC workstation and can...

Ok I have enabled the sa account on my target server (the one I want to link too), switched the server to mixed security and reset the sa password so...

I'm having exactly the same problem - I'll be watching this thread and will let you know if I work it out !

Steve