EF 4.1 exception “The provider did not return a ProviderManifestToken string”

Question

I am trying to replicate an example found on MSDN. I am using ASP.NET and EF 4.1 (CTP?). I\'ve used NuGet to install the EntityFramework package.

I am getting this e

Answer 1

I was just having the same problem...
the solution that worked for me was:
run the client network configuration tool (type cliconfg in Run)
and make sure TCP/IP is enabled..