Steve and TALAT,

I did a little more digging around and found the following post: http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic303430-92-1.aspx#bm363067. If you scroll down to the bottom of the string the user...

Steve - Yes, the hosts file is a big mystery and has my AD Admin and SQL DBA scratching their heads as well. Timing is not a factor as...

Yes - Windows Authentication