I have the same "connection refused " problem. Does anyone have a solution to this? *** DEPLOYMENTS IN ERROR: Name -& Error | UserTransactionBinding -& javax.naming.NamingException: Could not bind JndiBinder service into JNDI under jndiName:/UserTransaction [Root exception is javax.naming.CommunicationException: Could not obtain connection to any of these urls: localhost:1099 and discovery failed with error: javax.naming.CommunicationException: Receive timed out [Root exception is java.net.SocketTimeoutException: Receive timed out] [Root exception is javax.naming.CommunicationException: Failed to connect to server localhost:1099 [Root exception is javax.naming.ServiceUnavailableException: Failed to connect to server localhost:1099 [Root exception is java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused: connect]]]] | | at org.jboss.ejb3.embedded.EJB3StandaloneBootstrap.boot(EJB3StandaloneBootstrap.java:386) Thanks, Pete View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4046854#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...