>>3) Again - not sure if related to above but I noticed that under security\remote servers is an entry for my server - the one and only one I have - so why is it there? It's all on the same machine. I didn't make this, so I must assume the installation process did? Can I delete it? what's up with it?
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>It is normal to have one entry in sysservers for the local server. In fact, you can't configure registration correctly unless it's there. I'm not sure what SQL Server does with it.



Mike,

Thanks again ... when you say "one entry in sysservers" .. is that the same thing as what I am calling "an entry under security\remote servers" ? Why do you suppose the SQL help says remote servers are there only for "backward compatibility" when they evidently have some critical purpose?

Thanks,
Ken