mssqlserverADhelper service terminated, Access Denied when trying to connect

This problem just started recently. This computer connected to the database
when it was first installed. All computer are new Compaq running Windows xp
pro.
This is a problem with MSDE. We are running MS Retail Management system.
One Point of Sale station won't connect to the server. I am running MSDE on
4 computers. One is the peer server it is named "serverxp" the one that
won't connect is "POS2". Other computers are POS1 and notebook. Below is
the case notes so far.
This one POS station is having a problem connection to the server database.
It has no problem connecting to the local database. What I see is on the SQL
Service Manager, When I select the network server "ServerXP" there is
nothing in the dropdown for services. When I select the local server then
three options are listed Dist. Tran, SQL Server and SQL Server agent.
This POS2 computer can connect to ServerXP and see shared folders etc. So I
haven't found any problem with the LAN or hardware.
Can you tell by this description what is wrong or what to try to do to fix
this?
Thanks
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6/9/2004 1:28:00 PM CDT -- Allison Haaland
Steven,
I have a few more questions for you in order to further troubleshoot this
issue:
1. When you look at the SQL Server Service Manager and choose the "ServerXP"
option, does it say Not Connected at the bottom? yes
2. When you select the local server option in SQL Server Service Manager,
can you then connect to the database in Administrator? (You would choose
local as your server in Administrator as well.) yes
3. If you go to Start | Control | Administrative Tools | Services, do you
see your MSSQL and SQLAgent options there? If so, is the Status showing as
'Started'? If not, you should make sure that the Services are started if
you're trying to use them.
.MSSQLServer is started
MSSQLServerADhelper is set to manual and will not start "could not start
access denied"
4. Is there anything else that is different about this workstation from the
others? This might help us find out why it is not working, but all of the
others are. no
Thanks,
Allison
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6/9/2004 3:51:00 PM CDT -- Steven
Allison:
More Info. An error in the System error log shows.
The mssqlserverADhelper service terminated with service specific error
3221225572 error 2270 refer to Knowledge base 314094. ID 7024
this is talking about the computer name. The name of this PC is POS2 it is
unique on this network.
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6/9/2004 4:43:00 PM CDT -- Allison Haaland
Steven,
It looks like the error you are running into now is a network related issue
related to your computer name. I see that you have already referenced
Knowledge base article #314094 - have you tried the steps that it gives to
resolve this error? YES.
POS2 was working correctly at the time it was installed. No name have been
changed.
Can anyone with more experience working with SQL server give me some help
correcting this problem? Thank you.Hi Steve,
What error is generated with the connection fails?
Create an ODBC Test DSN and post the entire message here.
The ADHelper servers is not required for machines to connect to one
another. It's used to publish objects to Active Directory.
Thanks,
Kevin McDonnell
Microsoft Corporation
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