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SMS MMC Connection failed.

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by ehsan

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I have an up and running SMS 2.0 with SP2, in a single domain, NT4 SP6a environment with 150 NT4 clients. I also had an up and running SMS MMC running on my desktop (with all admin privileges). Suddenly 2 days ago, every time I want to open SMS, I get 'Connection Failed' when MMC tries to open my site's code and database.
I have no problem opening the site\collections on the server it self. But on two different desktop MMC's I am having this problem. I?ve tried the following but yet the problem still exist:
-De-installed my desktops SMS mmc, reinstalled SMS admin console and applied both SP6a and SMS SP2.
-Took out the SMS administrators and my own user name and re-added them through security rights.
-Applied these articles:Q229091, Q248823 AND Q201126, but no result.
Any other suggestions would be highly appreciated.

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by tmaclennan

Had a similar problem when trying to login from an NT Workstation. I had logged in locally to the workstation, instead of validating to the domain. Worked fine when I changed to logging into the domain. I prefer to log into the workstation, however,so the workaround is to create a local account on your SMS server and grant the local account rights to SMS. Then, synchronize your passwords on your NT workstation, the SMS Server, and your login Domain. Then, wait the requisite 12-24 hours for SMSto catch up to your changes........

by ehsan

I ended up rebuilding my workstation.
Had a conflict with 'BlackIce' software.

by cryingdragon

Try running "dcomcnfg" from command prompt. Choose the "Default Properties" tab, ensure "Enable Distributed COM on this computer" is checked.

Mike

by ehsan

I ended up rebuilding my workstation.
Had a conflict with 'BlackIce' software.

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