Oh yea. That's what i get for answering at 6:00am my time. Hmmmmm.....now a decision. Does he uninstall and reinstall. Or does he wait to get back to work and change the security?

>Hi,
>>rite click on the server name in object explorer in managment studio. And navigate to security. it will be the first option.
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>Bit Catch22. Seems to be an assumption here that Peter can logon to the server in the first place. <s>
>
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>>>Yes I did. But what do I need to do to get around this error? Uninstall and reinstall?
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>>>Peter
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>>>>You assign sa password when you install SQL Server. It sound like you install it in Windows Authentication mode.
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>>>>>I just installed SS2005 yesterday on my laptop which belongs to a domain. I was connected to the domain at the time.
>>>>>Now I am at home, away from the domain. NAd I cannot connect to the server local / OTT-LT0769 (the name of my laptop) anymore.
>>>>>I get this error:
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