Sorry Went to sleep on this one.Though this  looks like it could be a pretty obvious response ....

My originating_server from sysjobs shows  local

Does the recommended solution   above still  hold ,  or do I...

Is there a need to update the sysjob table?

It is obvious the master server uses this.

Mike

Good Question

 With your permission I will list all the steps needed to put this in Place

To set the polling interval for target servers

1. Right-click SQL Server Agent, click Multiserver...

How would you differentiate setting the lock timeout and settting it at connection level

Mike

I second ..................More trust seems like a great solution

Mike

How do I change servername in sysjobs

Mike

How do I change servername in sysjobs

Mike

The log shrinks very little if any

Mike

I do not think you should feel guilty /bad for quoting a source of information ,I have heard very good things about the book in question.

On a lighter note these are...

You will not beleive this is partly because I had it wrong .

How  could you miss such an obvious question "Boey"?

The response was very...

Profiler may help..to tell if you also need indexing other columns

Mike

May seem obvious but may be worth asking..

Were any kind of checks done on your network

Just in case?

Mike

Do a search in google.

A lot has been said on this topic

Sql server versus Oracle

Mike

Before people start proposing out of whack things like reinstall if this was a new install is there a way out yet?

Mike

Do a "select @@version" and check the build number check this against a table on the link below . Or look at the top of the latest SQL errorlog...