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Connecting to MSSQL EXPRESS 2005

I am have having trouble to connectting to MSSQL EXPRESS 2005 on shared hosting via VPN from MSSQL 2005 Server Management. Does connection to Express work differently that normal SQL.
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Have a look here as it might be port related:

http://www.maximumasp.com/support/kb/article.aspx?article=1024
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thanks you answered my question. Turns out that the hosting company was using 2008. Therefore i need to download

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=7522a683-4cb2-454e-b908-e805e9bd4e28&DisplayLang=en
Thanks!
If you dont have permission to view all databases on the 2008 enviroment and if you will need to use management studio 2008, you will most likely get this error:
http://sqlblog.com/blogs/aaron_bertrand/archive/2008/07/07/a-little-management-studio-oops.aspx

To fix it:
click View, Object Explorer Details. Then, open Databases. Finally, click the header columns and uncheck Collation