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Asked: 2026-05-11T07:14:09+00:00

I am getting the following error: Open OLE error code:80004005 in Microsoft OLE DB

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I am getting the following error:

Open OLE error code:80004005 in Microsoft OLE DB Provider for SQL Server [DBNETLIB][ConnectionOpen (Connect()).]SQL Server does not exist or access denied. HRESULT error code:0×80020009 Exception occurred.

I have tried following the directions here with no luck.

Any ideas?

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My specific issue I believe was related to having to many mixed systems installed on my laptop. I had Visual Studio 2005 and 2008 components and SQL Server Management Standard loaded with SQL Server Express Edition as well as various other components that might have affected the stability of my environment. Once I reloaded Vista and went back through the steps from the link above it worked without issue.

I only loaded the Express Editions of SQL Server and SQL Server Management Studio.

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  1. My specifc issue I believe was related to having to many mixed systems installed on my laptop. I had Visual Studio 2005 and 2008 componets and SQL Server Managment Standard loaded with SQL Server Express Edition as well as various other componets that might have effected the stability of my envirnomnet. Once I reloaded Vista and went back through the steps on http://wiki.rubyonrails.org/rails/pages/HowtoConnectToMicrosoftSQLServer it worked without issue.

    I only loaded the Express Editions of SQL Server and SQL Server Management Studio

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