vikpaw Posted January 31, 2011 Posted January 31, 2011 Had this several times and this seens to do it for me. Connect.ini [sIMSConnection] Redirect=S:\sims changed to [sIMSConnection] Redirect=\\[server Name]\[sims Share]\sims Like a charm. Mike That kind of implies that the S: drive wasn't mapping correctly, though if that's the case, it's not usually a reason 0, that occurs.
dolly3900 Posted February 1, 2011 Posted February 1, 2011 The reason 0 is apparrently due to not connecting to the database, so an incomplete mapping or redirection would cause this error. The problem (with mine) seems to be that despite the mapping being correct and being able to browse the drive, the connect.ini was not pickingup the mapped drive for some reason (probably reason 0 {sorry}). When the local connect.ini was modified to look at the path rather than the drive, it sorted this problem out for me. One thing I will say is that to make sure of the correct server being pointed to, I modified the Hosts file to make sure the local machine was loing at the correct IP address for the server, rather than relying on the DNS to pick it up. Hope this helps someone Mike
vikpaw Posted February 1, 2011 Posted February 1, 2011 Maybe S was in conflict with something else, USB key, we've had that, or they didn't have permission to see the local connect.ini, though i don't think either of those would result in a reason 0.
Alfred_Bester Posted February 1, 2011 Posted February 1, 2011 The tech at one of our schools had this yesterday after uninstalling SQL2005 (he had upgraded to 2008 the week before). He reported that he got it working again after reinstalling SQL Server Native client.
saihaynes Posted May 11, 2011 Posted May 11, 2011 Had this several times and this seens to do it for me. Connect.ini [sIMSConnection] Redirect=S:\sims changed to [sIMSConnection] Redirect=\\[server Name]\[sims Share]\sims Like a charm. Mike +1 for this resolving the issue Sai
vikpaw Posted May 11, 2011 Posted May 11, 2011 +1 for this resolving the issue Sai Just make sure you're not planning a server migration in the near future
gcurran1982 Posted June 14, 2011 Posted June 14, 2011 +1 for this resolving the issue I had the same problem with a new machine. In the end i changed the connect ini file. Instead of the server name i entered the ip address instead worked fine after that
vikpaw Posted June 15, 2011 Posted June 15, 2011 (edited) Also, with windows 7 it does matter how the S: drive is mapped. If it's mapped as admin, you need to runas admin to see it, even though the user can browse. Or vice versa, it can be complex and is to do with the permissions within windows 7. Our drives were previously mapped by script, and some users were running sims 'as administrator' to help troubleshoot some issues, all was fine.... Recently, the drive mappings have been done by group policy in windows 2008, and all the users that were running as admin would get an "incorrect S:\sims\connect.ini" error yet could browse the S drive fine. If i got them to run a script that remapped the drive under their account it was fine. Now, we've taken the 'runas admin' tick off, and they are happily connecting again. Weird, and took a while to troubleshoot, but i wasn't happy with the NMs workaround to just give them a manually created connect.ini with a servershare listed. Edited June 15, 2011 by vikpaw clarity
saihaynes Posted May 8, 2012 Posted May 8, 2012 Just make sure you're not planning a server migration in the near future No DNS issues at all thanks , we are a mixed environment network running primarily mac some windows and some linux so DNS has to be spot on! Only started happening after the school had paid capita to upgrade to 2008 (prior to my arrival) This solved the issue temporarily and after lengthy discussions with Capita support they decided to do a fresh installation...voila no further problems.
renegade Posted November 16, 2012 Posted November 16, 2012 Just in case anyone has this error in future: It is normally caused by a machine pointing to an incorrect connect.ini, CAPITA normally set machines to point to S:\sims\connect.ini so if this file is correct a workstation could be looking to the local sims folder instead. Correct this error and it will log on fine.
gillop Posted January 9, 2013 Posted January 9, 2013 I have just had this error and it was caused by the data drive on our SIMS server being full.
Aelfwine Posted March 18, 2013 Posted March 18, 2013 Came in this morning to this error for all users. Quick look on SIMS server revealed that the SQL drive was full, removed some of the older backups to free up space and users could login again. 1
KDMann Posted May 15, 2013 Posted May 15, 2013 I had this problem after a day i gave up with Capita and took a approach into my own hands and fixed the issue if you go into firewall and add 4 exceptions this will solve your issue these are as followed Pulsar - Sims.exe (Program) SQLSERVERBROWSER - PORT:1434 UDP SQLTCPPORT - PORT:1433 TCP TCPDYNAMICPORT - PORT:4894 TCP
KDMann Posted May 20, 2013 Posted May 20, 2013 Also another option is set firewall up on your switch and disable the firewall on your server.
Luap Posted July 17, 2014 Posted July 17, 2014 (edited) Hi Guys, I have found that when this occurs, rename the folder c:\program Files\Sims to simsold and just copy the folder from another working computer. Easy as that. Have fun. Paul Edited July 17, 2014 by Luap spelling
MrMat Posted July 17, 2014 Posted July 17, 2014 Hi Guys, I have found that when this occurs, rename the folder c:\program Files\Sims to simsold and just copy the folder from another working computer. Easy as that. Have fun. Paul That's over complicating it a little bit, just copy the connect.ini file from a working computer and paste it into the SIMS.net folder
joeprice Posted November 11, 2014 Posted November 11, 2014 I've just had this issue when installing the client on a different subnet to the server. The SIMS installation writes a connect.ini with just the REDIRECT parameter in. I solved the problem by also including ServerName=\SIMS2012 and for good measure DatabaseName=SIMSwhatever ServerType=SIMSSQL
railfrog Posted December 10, 2015 Posted December 10, 2015 Came in this morning to this error for all users. Quick look on SIMS server revealed that the SQL drive was full +1 Happened this morning
RichardHarvey Posted January 8, 2016 Posted January 8, 2016 Ah Sims.NET. . . My old nemesis. . . One of my schools had this issue on several machines this week after a Sims update. The Sims.ini file in C:Windows was looking for the IP address of the server. On the machines that it worked, it was looking for the name of the server. Don't know why it should make a difference! Just copied & pasted the Sims.ini from the a machine that working and it fixed the issue!
tonyd Posted November 18, 2016 Posted November 18, 2016 I've another source of this issue - at some point our SIMS server decided it was not really connected to our LAN but was instead on a public network, and so it enabled it's firewall and blocked all connections attempts! Firewall now disabled while I figure out why this happened.
rossibIT Posted May 16, 2025 Posted May 16, 2025 Bringing up an old post but I am getting this issue when using SIMS connected. How can I solve this with no S: or connect.ini file to play with. Regards Ross
psydii Posted May 16, 2025 Posted May 16, 2025 (edited) SIMS Connected? Call ESS/ParentPay support. @SIMS_Customer_Support might be around, but I suspect they're focusing on following up with the emergency patching everyone had to do yesterday. Edited May 16, 2025 by psydii
SIMS_Customer_Support Posted May 16, 2025 Posted May 16, 2025 2 hours ago, rossibIT said: Bringing up an old post but I am getting this issue when using SIMS connected. How can I solve this with no S: or connect.ini file to play with. Regards Ross @rossibIT, can you DM me your info please? We'll need some more details to follow up. Thanks
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