http://192.168.2.20/blogs/doverton/archive/2008/12/10/two-more-sql-2005-to-sql-2008-issues-fixed-provider-sqlncli-provider-cannot-be-found-error-and-property-owner-is-not-available-for-database.aspxSo these are really quick snippets.&#160; I hit an error where my Gateway monitoring software could not connect to the database.&#160; All the errors were along the lines of “Provider cannot be found” and when I looked in the Connection String it statedenCommunityServer 2008.5 SP2 (Build: 40407.4157)http://192.168.2.20/blogs/doverton/archive/2008/12/10/two-more-sql-2005-to-sql-2008-issues-fixed-provider-sqlncli-provider-cannot-be-found-error-and-property-owner-is-not-available-for-database.aspx#13727Thu, 13 May 2010 20:03:31 GMT72050d9c-4f41-4a16-9f70-ebbf2c98a2c7:13727mark<p>Thank you so much for posting this. This fixed my issue aswell.</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://192.168.2.20/aggbug.aspx?PostID=13727" width="1" height="1">http://192.168.2.20/blogs/doverton/archive/2008/12/10/two-more-sql-2005-to-sql-2008-issues-fixed-provider-sqlncli-provider-cannot-be-found-error-and-property-owner-is-not-available-for-database.aspx#9117Tue, 11 Aug 2009 11:19:45 GMT72050d9c-4f41-4a16-9f70-ebbf2c98a2c7:9117Damiaan<p>Hi David, glad my blog post fixed your problem.</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://192.168.2.20/aggbug.aspx?PostID=9117" width="1" height="1">http://192.168.2.20/blogs/doverton/archive/2008/12/10/two-more-sql-2005-to-sql-2008-issues-fixed-provider-sqlncli-provider-cannot-be-found-error-and-property-owner-is-not-available-for-database.aspx#8254Thu, 02 Apr 2009 10:16:35 GMT72050d9c-4f41-4a16-9f70-ebbf2c98a2c7:8254Mike<p>Hi Daivd, Just a quick cheers for posting this fix. Have you had any similar problems on Windows 7? </p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://192.168.2.20/aggbug.aspx?PostID=8254" width="1" height="1">