Hi Sergey... thanks for your reply.
This MSKB relates to Remote Users logging in and we have got past this stage
The problem now is that all users need to have administrator rights
to access Sql Server Express database.

Regards,
Gerard

>See if mskb #914277 How to configure SQL Server 2005 to allow remote connections helps
>
>>Hardware guys just rebuilt a network C drive and I had to re install Sql Server Express.
>>Now, only the Adminsitrator can access , else it gives a violation error.
>>Is there anything else that needs to be done, either at the window level ,or
>> the database level to give full rights to the database to users who are not
>> administrators
>>