Installed, but can't ping 1433

Any and all help is appreciated as project deadline is approaching...

Background:
- Two servers, 1 running WinXP with all updates and 1 running Win2K3 Standard with all updates.
- Both have SQL Express 2005 June CTP installed
- Both have Visual Studio 2005 Express installed.
- Installation finished w/o any errors.
- Services are running (browser and database)
- TCP/IP and named pipes are enabled

Issue:
Can't ping 127.0.0.1:1433.
OSQL times out without being able to establish a connection
Windows Firewall is OFF.

Seems to be a connectivity issue, but I'm a newbie and can't figure out why I can't talk to the database.

As I said, any and all help is appreciated. Thanks to all in advance.

PM

Due to the length of time since this issue was posted, I'm marking it as resolved. If you're still in need of help, please respond here.

Paul

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