SQL error -1 - SQL Network Interfaces
Published 26 February 2013
When performing a backup on a 64-bit edition of SQL Server, you may encounter the following error:
SQL error -1: SQL Network Interfaces: Error getting enabled protocols list from registry [xFFFFFFFF].
SQL Backup is a 32-bit application and requires access to a 32-bit network client. This error arises if no 32-bit network client is available.
To make a 32-bit network client available:
- Open SQL Server Configuration Manager.
- Expand SQL Native Client Configuration (32bit) and select Client Protocols.
- Make sure that one or more of the protocols inside the group is enabled.
