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An Error has occurred while establishing a connection to the server. When Connecting to a SQL Server2005, this failure may be caused by the fact that under the default settings SQL server doesn’t allow remote connection (provider: Named Pipe Provider, error: 40- Could not open a connection to SQL Server)I want to connect to the SQL Server 2005 Express Edition which is running on my system from a VB.NET application. I am using Visual Basic 2008 Express Edition. Here is the Coding,
Dim sqlConn As SqlClient.SqlConnection
sqlConn = New SqlClient.SqlConnection("server=localhost" & "initial catalog=LIB")
Try
sqlConn.Open()
Catch ex As Exception
MsgBox(ex.Message)
End Try
On Execution, I got the Following Message as Exception,
“An Error has occurred while establishing a connection to the server. When Connecting to a SQL Server2005, this failure may be caused by the fact that under the default settings SQL server doesn’t allow remote connection (provider: Named Pipe Provider, error: 40- Could not open a connection to SQL Server)”

I have enabled remote connection for SQL Server 2005 for both TCP/piped connections using SQL Server Surface Area Configuration Tool and enable SQL Browser service too. I reinstalled the SQL Server 2005 but the problem still persisting. I have also added both SQLSERVER and SQLBROWSER exe files in the Firewall Exceptions list. Kindly help me to come out of this problem. Thanks in advance.