Brian,

I tried the steps listed in the MS article w/o success. SQL still would not listen for the connection. I did come across the following article:

SQL Server...

Brian,

Thanks for your help. I ran netstat -an, I did not see the sql server listening.

Here is a view of the log...

I will try these.

Thank you

Remi -

I added the AS, though it did not change the outcome; citing the commas in your final post was the trick. I removed the commas and it worked...

Thank you all for your input, I will try these and see which works best.