Im been trying to avoid this for as long as possible but my time is up. I had a terrible experience with v4 so far everything is going my way with v5. One of my biggest issues I had with and gave up on with v4 before trying v5 was the server. If you’ll remember seeing other topics I’ve started, ive …

Ok so his server is working so his next step is to read your post and check this post to troubleshoot connecting his client. [image] Common Database Connection Issues - How to resolve them V5 Tutorial warning This was written by @pauln I am just moving it here so it can h…

I find that a lot of users get the server installed and running just fine the problem is they dont realize it. They get hung up when trying to connect a second computer to it and I have to say Windows in general is at fault for that. Windows default setups like I said are configured to block this…

I have reason to believe the server has been successfully setup on the host pc… the activation now says it’s unactivated but I know how to fix this. But this is what I’m getting on station 2 when trying to connect. I put in the exact same thing for the connection string that worked with the host pc…

Turn off Windows firewall and try using IP address instead of ComputerName.

Well now the messaging server on main pc is not connected. I used the default 8080 port and it connected fine the first time now it won’t connect. It keeps saying message server not connected at the bottom when I try to connect nothing happens. How do I find the right port to use? I’m wondering if t…

Disregard the last message. The msg server is now connected. Let me try directly connecting to the computers ip address.

Connected to the ip address still says the same thing but I’m sure the server is up and running on the main pc. Anything I should check and give you info on?

I followed this [image] [Solved] Multi-terminal / Message Server woes? V5 Question So to recap… ##Server On the Server, where SQL Express is installed, ensure these Services are running: SQL Server SQL Server Browser SQL Server VSS Writer (not required for remote conne…

From the screenshot you posted, you have the server name POLOS1/SAMBA with a / (forward slash). Network names use \ (back slash). It should be POLOS1\SAMBA.

I’ve tried it both ways still nothing even tried using two \'s

Can you connect to your database using Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio? If so show us a screenshot once connected.

Sorry to bug you guys again but

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Jesse March 14, 2016, 3:42pm 53

Ok so his server is working so his next step is to read your post and check this post to troubleshoot connecting his client.