>>It didn't work. But I think I would have giggled if it did so it was worth the try.
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>>Here is my connection string (only the IP address has been changed to protect my identity <s>):
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>>Data Source=123.123.123.123\Alliance;Initial Catalog=QuantumCoin;Integrated Security=False;User ID=EinarKvandahl;Password=EinarKvandahl;Connect Timeout=15
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>>>Just for giggles try disabling alltocols except TCP/IP.
>try adding \SQLEXPRESS to the server name

Thanks for the reply Trevor.
Alliance is the instance name that I want to connect to.