Typically seen with application to SQL DB authentication. You can find more detail out on Microsoft’s support web site but here are some things to look at just off the top:To increase security, the error message that is returned to the client deliberately hides the nature of the authentication error. However, in the SQL Server error log, a corresponding error contains an error state that maps to an authentication failure condition. Compare the error state to the following list to determine the reason for the login failure. State     Description   2   User ID is not valid.   5   User ID is not valid.   6  …

I have a feeling here that I’m about to do a knowledge dump over the next few days.  Usually that is everything from personal thoughts (yikes watch out for those posts! :O ), cooking, politics, web, general news, and technical helps.  Kind of like one of my rants … only like 10+ in one day!  Keep an eye out … for some of you that also means to keep that last available brain cell around a bit longer so you’ll get it when I’m poking fun at you too!

Wow!  Well okay then, it seems my last post has sparked some interest.  Next to my Motorola Q post it has seen a lot of activity.  From friends in the industry the main question is “how do we even go about preparing for an audit?” usually followed by a statement such as “it always seems we are running around not sure what is going to happen next in an audit” and other such questions and comments. Here, let’s point you in a starting direction, Microsoft has created a basic document located here that you might be interested to add to your reading list. Again, there are many resources out there,…

Mindset makes a Hero. Service to society. The courage to take responsibility; for ALL of your actions, for ALL of your statements. Living each day as if it might be your last; it very well might be. Being alert to your surroundings, relaxed but vigilant. The sensitivity to acknowledge the beauty, sorrow, and the humorous in the sights and events you encounter every day. The bravery to move, to act, to respond instantly in an emergency without hesitation, without worrying about the opinions of others, if you sincerely believe that is what needs to be done. Striving constantly to improve, to better yourself so that you will make a positive…

Some of us struggle from time to time. We have dreams we want to see become reality; it may seem daunting at times and you don’t know who to trust at times with those dreams. You want them to become real but you want to just sit down on that couch, hope somehow you come across that lucky lottery ticket, or that perfect person just comes in and takes your heart away… For those out there that are daring to dream, to make your thoughts and hopes a reality, and for those out there that need to get their dreams in gear I post this for you today…. – Destiny…