This used to work - Connecting a visual c++ program to a sql express database using ODBC. after working for months, I know get a timeout error when executing the open command (if(!m_pDB->Open(_T("CardServer2"), FALSE, FALSE, _T("ODBC;UID=NULL"))). I did a test connection in ODBC and it worked find, however when I try to execute the program - it times out with the error message: SQLState: S1 T00 SQL Server Error: 0. Have tried everything everything be uninstall - reinstall. As I said before, this used to work fine. Any ideas.