Connection to SQL2005 Database Engine

On one server I connect to I always get this message when I try to launch object explorer.
TITLE: Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio
An exception occurred while executing a Transact-SQL statement or batch. (Microsoft.SqlServer.ConnectionInfo)
Insert Error :column name or number of supplied values doesn't match.. Error:213.

Sometimes I can run refresh, and it will eventually connect.

Is the version of sql server you're connecting to the same as the one that was installed where you're launching SSMS? If not, and depending on the versions, underlying procs that SSMS depend on may be different between the two versions.
|||The server is SQL Standard Sept. release, and I installed the same version, workstation only on my station. I eventually get the browser to work. Other server is a June release std and it doesn't do this. I reinstalled every workstation component, and now I have SSIS working but still getting the browser error looking at objects on this server. BTW this server has been installed a couple of times .|||I found out that I had some possible old components in the install dir, so I started over again with fresh Sept install. When I did that , I noticed again my SQL2000 Ent Mgr quit working as I uninstalled. Prev. I had repatched SQL sp4 then reran setup of 2005. This time I left it alone , finished up install, and lo and behold the object browser works AND SQL 2000 Ent. MGr. What I am trying to deduce is the sqldmo dll might be involved . Does SQL2005 install replace that in the Windows directory , and it happens to have backwards compatibility so the 2000 still can use it ? Here is a link to the article. All is right for the moment, I shall cherish it at least the SQL2005 world a bit better.

http://www.aspfaq.com/sql2005/show.asp?id=4