When connecting to an instance of Microsoft SQL Server 2005 database, including SQL Server 2005 Express, Developer and Enterprise editions, for authentication or accessing and retrieving and updating the data, the the following error message may appear. The problem happens no matter the connection is originated from remote computer or on SQL Server local computer itself, and can be caused by any program, such as SQLCMD utility, used to connect to SQL Server.

Sqlcmd: Error: Microsoft SQL Native Client: An error has occurred while establishing a connection to the server. When connecting to SQL Server 2005, this failure may be caused by the fact that under the default settings SQL Server does not allow remote connections.

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When want to enable Hybrid Sleep feature in Windows Vista, you may not found the “Allow hybrid sleep” option that is necessary to turn on Hybrid Sleep function. The “Allow hybrid sleep” option is simply missing from the Advanced settings tab of the Power Options dialog box in Windows Vista. Beside, when running “powercfg.exe -a” command in command prompt to list the power states that are supported on the computer, the output that appears includes the following lines:

The system firmware does not support this standby state: Hybrid Sleep

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The emergence of Google Mail or Gmail has given a lot of convenience to net users. The huge storage space over 4GB offered by this free web-based email provider allows users to keep their important data, information, documents and other form of attachments inside the mail. With such a huge storage capacity, nobody is even bothered to clear their mailbox and create another backup for the information they keep online. Undoubtedly Google has increased and enhanced the standard of its Gmail service substantially; the stability and reliability of its service also boasted users’ confidence with this free webmail service. Nevertheless, we always recommend that it is essential to have a backup of your online information even though you are comfortable with Gmail.

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In Windows Live Hotmail (previously known as MSN Hotmail) email service, there is an useful and convenient feature to attach photos, pictures, images and graphics to the e-mail where users can view and browse the thumbnails of the photos, select multiple photos or pictures as email attachments to upload at one go, and even apply caption title, rotate, edit, crop, adjust brightness, increase or decrease contrast on the photos or pictures.

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The global provider of IT network integrated solutions and semiconductor solutions, NEC has recently announced its new SX-9 supercomputer which the company claims as the world’s most powerful supercomputer available in the market, aiming to challenge supercomputers from other IT giant including IBM and Cray.

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Whenever somebody mentions of Google, you must be easily thought and associated Google with search engine, and advertising. Indeed this is correct and valid opinion on Google, which provides most popular, widely used and reliable search engine service, and online advertising spaces to more than 300,000 advertisers worldwide. In fact, Google has earned more than $30 billion in advertising revenue from advertisers depending on its online marketing platform since 2001. However, Google is also the most frugal spender in advertising expenses to promote itself among various Internet and technology companies.

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Someone has got to invent it sooner or later. With the massive traffic snarls that build up in cities, what do you do when you desperately need to go? You squirm and wriggle and turn blue but to no avail. Other than wearing incontinence diapers, another solution is the car toilet.

The invention is incredibly simple. It is a portable device that is small enough to fit inside a suitcase. Made of cardboard, it can be quickly assembled and fitted with a water absorbent sheet. A draw-around curtain conceals the user totally from public view. There is also a plastic bag to collect the waste.

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The manufacturer of mass market and high end home audio system, Marantz has launched its latest CR201 CD player, the stylish standalone single-disc player with built-in speakers and elegance design. As what you see in the photo, an unique selling-points of this Audio device are the side-sliding CD door and ambient blue LED light that enhance the life-style.

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