XL REPORTER - Unable to connect to XL Reporter

Hello,
When I Try to start XL Reporter in a TSE Session on a MS Windows Server 2008 - 64 bits Machine,
I get the message :
Unable to connect to XL Reporter
Error ! Server Communication Failed
Cause : Error! Unable to get document
Type 36
I am on
SAP Business One 2007A PL 42
MS SQL Server 2005
MS Office 2003
Framework .NET : 1.0, 1.1, 2.0, 3.0, 3.5
Framework 64 .NET : 2.0, 3.0, 3.5
ConnectionManager in the folder
C:\Program Files (x86)\SAP\SAP Business One\AddOns\XLR\XLReporter
seems to be OK [but in fact, I get no acknowledge]
I have read some of this forums post
But saw no 64 bit issues
on a "similar" machine I have no problem
Anybody can suggest me another trick ?
A check list ?
Thanking you in advance.
JB

I have the same problem connecting to XL reporter on client machines.
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The event log has the message:
The VB Application identified by the event source logged this Application XL Reporter: Thread ID: 3512 ,Logged: Server SQL
The connect information provided in MetaInfo.xml is wrong.
(Please contact the administrator to run ChangeDbPassword)
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SAPB1 2007A PL 49 running on Windows XP with all .Net Framework installations
SQL 2008 running on a Windows 2008 Server 64-bit
When I try to run the ConnectionMnager.exe I get the message "Invalid Logon Information".
Server Name, user and password are all OK.

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