actually, do a search on your c drive for dbmssocn. two will show up, delete
the older one, should be dated 1998
"Carlito" <carlito_wong.TakeThisOut@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> I have 2 separate server boxes with one as a web server
> running IIS 5.0 on Win2K and another with SQL Server on
> Win2K as well.
>
> I'm getting the following error sporadically.
>
> Microsoft OLE DB Provider for SQL Server (0x80004005)
> [DBMSSOCN] General Network Error. Check your network
> documentation.
>
> The line where the error pointed to is when I open the
> database connection to the sql server box.
>
> The sql server box sits right next to the web server box
> hooked up thru a switch. There the switch is connected to
> a firewall and then go out. This is a colocation
> environment.
>
> The asp page works most of the time but would all of a
> sudden come out with this error for a few minutes.
> Usually in ten minutes the page will work again.
>
> Recently, the frequency has increased drastically.
>
> Please help.
>
> Carlito.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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