The first thing I would do, at least with a developer machine, is enable the
SQL Browser. You can do this via the Server Network Configuration tool. You
might also want to set up additional protocols, depending on your needs:
http://blogs.msdn.com/sqlexpress/archive/2004/07/23/192044.aspx
http://blogs.msdn.com/sqlexpress/archive/2004/07/02/172229.aspx
I had a page that had a command line way of turning on mixed mode, but
cannot find it right now. It is similar to the MSDE methodology, so you can
try this:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;325022
There was also a registry hack to turn mixed mode on. Worst case, you can
uninstall and install with mixed mode on (this has been available since beta
2 of Express).
http://www.programmingmsaccess.com/Presentations/SSEForCAUG_files/frame.htm#slide0012.htm
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Gregory A. Beamer
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