> In SQL Manager right-click on the server 
>hit properties and click on
>connections 
>In the query time-out field change the value

Hi Denis,
I know, it's a long time ago you posted your message.
But could you be more precise on where this setting is to be done?
What "SQL Manager" do you mean? The "SQL Server Enterprise Manager"?
Where are the "server hit properties"?

Regrads
Clemens