<p>How do you access a SQL Server 2005 Express Edition from a application in a network computer?</p>

<p>The access I need is both from application (Linq-to-SQL and ODBC) and from Management Studio</p>

[{'answer_id': 9384, 'author': 'Ray', 'author_id': 233, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/233', 'pm_score': 4, 'selected': True, 'text': '<p>See this KB Article. <a href="http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;914277" rel="noreferrer">How to configure SQL Server 2005 to allow remote connections</a>.<br>\nOh, and remember that the SQLServer name will probably be MyMachineName\\SQLExpress</p>\n'}, {'answer_id': 9896, 'author': 'Community', 'author_id': -1, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/-1', 'pm_score': 1, 'selected': False, 'text': "<p>If you're running it on a 2k3 box, you need to install all updates for Sql Server and the 2003 server.  </p>\n\n<p>Check the event logs after you start the Sql Server.  It logs everything well, telling you if its being blocked, and where it is listening for connections.</p>\n\n<p>From a remote machine, you can use telnet to see if a sql server is listening for remote connections.  You just need the IP and the port of the server (default is 1433).  From the command line:</p>\n\n<pre><code>telnet 192.168.10.10 1433\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>If you get a blank screen, its listening.  If you get thrown back to the command prompt, something is blocking you.</p>\n"}]
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