Hi,
I have read through all kinds of data and still cannot find out why I am having this problem.  First a little backgroup.  I have a Server 2008R2 system, that is running VMware vCenter Server software, with the default SQL Express installation of the Database. The instance is VIM_SQLEXP.  When I try and setup ODBC conection, on the How should SQL Server verify the authenicy of the logon ID?  If I select With SQL Server authenitcaiton using a login ID and password enter.  I get the following error
Connection failed:
SQLState:'28000'
SQL Server Error: 18456
[Microsoft][SQL Server Native Client 10.0][SQL Server] Login failed for user 'sql-svc'
I have installed SQL management studios, and have verified the the sql-svc account has full admin privileges in the Server Roles, I also when into the User Mapping and made sure that it had Database role membership for all of the database, and all of the available r ...

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