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Linking Server in SQL Server 2008 R2


Seems like Authentication problem.

Test by creating the linked Server using "Server Type" as "Sql Server". Then go into "Security" and set your user mapping. As a test, create a SQL login on the remote system and specify that on the "Be made using this security context"

Be sure that you can PING the "Linked Server" name first. HTH


Use drop down and choose

SQL Server Native Client

instead of

SQL Server


Use below link to view the screenshots of connecting the linked server with SQL Server

To solve "Cannot initialize the data source object of OLE DB provider "SQLNCLI10" for linked server" problem

Connect MS Access to SQL server 2008 via linked server

Then use below query to get more information about the linked server

select * from openquery("owner_pc\sqlserver2008",'select * from Testing.dbo.test')