Hi,

I'm  settting up 4.5.1 on my local machine under XP pro. 

On the configure database selection part of the install script , I encounter the error below, though I have  TCP and named pipes enabled.

Other than the name of the server (PC) I'm leaving all other settings to default.

Connection Error(s):
Index #: 0
Source: .Net SqlClient Data Provider
Class: 20
Number: 10061
Message: An error has occurred while establishing a connection to the server. When connecting to SQL Server 2005, this failure may be caused by the fact that under the default settings SQL Server does not allow remote connections. (provider: TCP Provider, error: 0 - No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it.)

If connection is rejected?

I've tried leaving it as it default, setting to (local) as in the DNN wizard video all these cause immediate errors . What I've entered is the name of my PC, which corresponds with the security account   for  ASP.NET  -  ( MY-PC/ASPNET )

Jeff

Yes,  I'd already done that as I said above. The TCP/IP protocol was enabled but the IP address in the IP ADDRESS tag weren't, so I activated them but that still made no difference. I'm working locally and allowing server access for SQL through my firewall anyway.

SQL is configured to run as a network service. Maybe that needs to be changed?