How To: Login failed ... not associated with a trusted SQL server connection
You probably didn't specify "Mixed Mode authentication" during the install.
Issue
While configuring the ODBC data source (step 2 on page 12 of the
ACS Administrator Guide) I'm getting the error
Connection failed:
SQLState: '28000'
SQL Server Error: 18452
[Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][SQL Server]Login failed for user 'gbadmin'. Reason: Not associated with a trusted SQL Server connection
Solution
You probably didn't specify "Mixed Mode authentication" during the install.
- Open The SQL Server Enterprise Manager
Start menu > Programs > Microsoft SQL Server > Enterprise Manager)
- Expand the tree-control until you can your server
- Right click on the server name and "SQL Server Properties (Configure)" window will open
- Select the Security tab
- For "Authentication", select "SQL Server and Windows"
Click "OK" to close the window and then "Yes" to restart SQL Server