I would start with installing the latest version of Microsoft SQL Server Native Client on the other server.

>We have Sql server express set up on a server and some users accessing it from another server via a third party application, using ODBC
>
>They are getting intermittent error as:
>ODBC Sql Server Driver TCP/IP Sockets General Network Error
>Communication Link Failure
>
>I'd apprciate any suggestions as to where to look to correct, if it is a problem related to Sql SErver.
>Are there any settings on SQl SErver I should be looking at ?
>regards,
>Gerard