https://community.hpe.com/t5/server-management-systems/msde/m-p/3398432#M6632 I can not connect to the local database during the install. Iam logon with a domain account. The MSDE was installed from the HPSIM download Tue, 12 Oct 2004 13:06:51 GMT Michael Mullins 2004-10-12T13:06:51Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/server-management-systems/msde/m-p/3398432#M6632 I can not connect to the local database during the install. Iam logon with a domain account. The MSDE was installed from the HPSIM download Tue, 12 Oct 2004 13:06:51 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/server-management-systems/msde/m-p/3398432#M6632 Michael Mullins 2004-10-12T13:06:51Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/server-management-systems/msde/m-p/3398433#M6633 Try to enter your username in the domain\username format.<BR /><BR />If you have SQL2000 you can install the snap-ins on the server and veify how the authentication is configured.<BR /><BR /> Tue, 12 Oct 2004 14:37:00 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/server-management-systems/msde/m-p/3398433#M6633 Martin Harrison_1 2004-10-12T14:37:00Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/server-management-systems/msde/m-p/3398434#M6634 The user name or doamin can ot be changed<BR />I have the SQL admin tools loaded, I adde my domain account to the admins group, sercurity is setup for windows and SQL at the server level. What am I missing? Tue, 12 Oct 2004 15:51:34 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/server-management-systems/msde/m-p/3398434#M6634 Michael Mullins 2004-10-12T15:51:34Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/server-management-systems/msde/m-p/3398435#M6635 Same think for me: Unable to connect...<BR /><BR /> Tue, 09 Nov 2004 16:58:55 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/server-management-systems/msde/m-p/3398435#M6635 Akira_4 2004-11-09T16:58:55Z