I have several Office 2003 Pro BCM XP SP2 systems that are running. I want
to share the databases across my LAN. The LAN uses static IPs.

When I try to find a Computer by name from the Business Tools Create or
Share Option page the connection is refused with a general reference to the
request not being allowed.

I have checked several things:

o No firewalls are active on the desktops.
o The databases are setup for sharing by BCM.
o The users are setup as valid users on the Remote systems.
o The SQL Configuration Manager and Surface Area settings are correct for
the Instances and the SQL browser.

When I added BCM there were exisiting instances on the SQL servers on the
PCs. These support another Business app. I suspect the issue may be there
somewhere.

Any ides, tips, pointers, URLs.

Thanks.