Hi, I have done all the steps in create new SSP, But at the end, When I tried to click on my SSP Name on the left navigations (E.g http://sharpointportal/ssp/admin) I am not able to get Admin Home page. For me its showing "Page cannot be displayed" I am not sure where it went wrong. please help me for solve this issue.

Try To browse http://localhost/ssp/admin you may have dns issue

I tried this but it is not working also i tried using my IP address but it is not working....

Hi jey, check the below please: alternate access mapping for SSP is referring to http://sharpointportal/ and http://localhost/ check the event viewer for any errors check the logs under C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\12\LOGS disable loopback http://support.microsoft.com/kb/896861

In event viewer following error displayed: The description for Event ID ( 27745 ) in Source ( Windows SharePoint Services 3 ) cannot be found. The local computer may not have the necessary registry information or message DLL files to display messages from a remote computer. You may be able to use the /AUXSOURCE= flag to retrieve this description; see Help and Support for details. The following information is part of the event: #50071: Unable to connect to the database SharePoint_Config on INWRK000. Check the database connection information and make sure that the database server is running..

Hi Jey, check your database is online and you can access the server, if the server is running try to reset the application pool ( IISRESET recommended ) try to connect by ODBC from administrative tools to your database Server try this command from your sharepoint server > telnet 1433 INWRK000