On one server I connect to I always get this message when I try to launch object explorer. Sometimes I can run refresh, and it will eventually connect.
TITLE: Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio
An exception occurred while executing a Transact-SQL statement or batch. (Microsoft.SqlServer.ConnectionInfo)
|||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