in reply to create ODBC DSN entries in Windows

Try 
 "NETWORK=dbnmpntw",   ## use Named Pipes

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The other option, "DBMSSOCN" uses TCP/IP sockets, which do not go through Windows security for communication. Named pipes DO.

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