I don't know much about SBS, however the problem you face reminds me an
expired instance of Evaluation Edition. When an evaluation period is over,
SSMS stops working either and that expiration message pops up.

Is there any chance that your Client Tools are installed from an Evaluation
Edition media?

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Hi
at a few months ago we made a Small business install and a few days ago we
start getting a message from management studio evaluation "period has expired"

that aplications into the server are working well.. and we made a sp1
install and correction into reg like this kb article
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/971268

but the proble still going

any help?

tanks

Also, you better let us know if the SQL Server instance itself working and
has not expired?

Even if the Evaluation Period is over, an Evaluation Edition instance would
not stop working until it is stopped and started. Did you stop\start or
restart your SQL Server instance recently? Also, did you check its edition
info using "select serverproperty('edition')" or "select @@version"
commands?

Did you try to uninstall the Client Tools and reinstall them using SQL Setup
binaries which comes with your SBS media?

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no, installed from SBS original CDs

"Ekrem Önsoy" wrote:

Search "Problem Shooter 5" in YouTube


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