Well, do I feel dumb - all I had to do was deploy the cube and the browser
worked.

Sorry to have bothered the group.

Tom Dacon
Dacon Software Consulting

"Tom Dacon" <tdacon@community.nospam> wrote in message
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> Hi, folks - I tried this question in the OLAP group without any responses,
> so I'm casting my net a little wider in hopes one of you may be able to
> help me:
>
>
> I'm an Analysis Services noob, running the SQL Server 2005 Analysis
> Services
> tutorial for the first time.
>
> In the Visual Studio 2005 IDE, after following the tutorial to design a
> cube, I click on the Browser tab, and get this error:
>
> No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused
> it 127.0.0.1:2383
>
> A Google search didn't lead me to anything helpful, although there were
> plenty of reports of this error message in many other contexts besides
> this
> one, and I followed every lead I saw with no success.
>
> Both the SQL Server Analysis Server and SQL Server Browser services are
> running. The analysis server service runs as Local System, and the browser
> service runs by default as Network Services, but I get the same error if I
> set it up to run as Local System.
>
> Sql Server 2005 is fully updated, to service pack 2 and the latest
> security
> updates. Visual Studio 2005 is fully updated, up to service pack 1 and the
> latest security updates. I'm running fully-patched Windows XP. All three
> of
> these were updated right up to the minute via Windows Update this morning.
>
> Everything is installed on my local machine. I'm the local administrator
> on
> the box, and SQL Server 2005 is the Developer Edition, with a full install
> of everything on the DVD, with all defaults except that I installed a
> named
> instance.
>
> I run the Norton 360 firewall, but I get the error even when the firewall
> is
> disabled.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
>
> Thanks,
> Tom Dacon
> Dacon Software Consulting
>
>
> And here's a puzzler: After testing the SQL Server Browser running as
> Local
> System, I wanted to switch it back to running as Network Services, but how
> in the heck do I find out what the password is? First time I've ever tried
> this, and I'm stumped.
>
> Thanks for any help you can give me.
>
>