diff --git a/src/Spring/Spring.Core/Objects/Factory/Config/DictionaryVariableSource.cs b/src/Spring/Spring.Core/Objects/Factory/Config/DictionaryVariableSource.cs
index d45dfd3b..b8054f02 100644
--- a/src/Spring/Spring.Core/Objects/Factory/Config/DictionaryVariableSource.cs
+++ b/src/Spring/Spring.Core/Objects/Factory/Config/DictionaryVariableSource.cs
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ namespace Spring.Objects.Factory.Config
         /// Creates a new, empty variable source
         /// </summary>
         public DictionaryVariableSource()
-            :this(null, true)
+            : this(null, true)
         {
         }
 
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ namespace Spring.Objects.Factory.Config
         /// Creates a new, empty and case-insensitive variable source
         /// </summary>
         public DictionaryVariableSource(bool ignoreCase)
-            :this(null, ignoreCase)
+            : this(null, ignoreCase)
         {
         }
 
@@ -61,17 +61,32 @@ namespace Spring.Objects.Factory.Config
         /// </remarks>
         /// <param name="args">the argument list containing pairs, or <c>null</c></param>
         public DictionaryVariableSource(params string[] args)
-            :this(true)
+            : this(true)
         {
             if (args != null)
             {
-                for (int i = 0; i < args.Length; i += 2)
+                if (args.Length % 2 != 0)
                 {
-                    Add(args[i], args[i + 1]);
+                    throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException("Unbalanced Key-Value pairs of strings detected.  Verify that args contains pairs of key strings and value strings.");
                 }
+                
+                    for (int i = 0; i < args.Length; i += 2)
+                    {
+                        Add(args[i], args[i + 1]);
+                    }
+                
             }
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Initializes a new instance of the DictionaryVariableSource class.
+        /// </summary>
+        public DictionaryVariableSource(IDictionary dictionary)
+            : this(dictionary, true)
+        {
+        }
+
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Creates a new variable source, reading values from another dictionary
         /// and converting them to strings if necessary
diff --git a/test/Spring/Spring.Core.Tests/Objects/Factory/Config/DictionaryVariableSourceTests.cs b/test/Spring/Spring.Core.Tests/Objects/Factory/Config/DictionaryVariableSourceTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..51ee22d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/Spring/Spring.Core.Tests/Objects/Factory/Config/DictionaryVariableSourceTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections;
+using System.Text;
+using NUnit.Framework;
+
+namespace Spring.Objects.Factory.Config
+{
+    [TestFixture]
+    public class DictionaryVariableSourceTests
+    {
+        [Test]
+        public void Initialize_WithCaseSensitiveFlag_AddsCaseSensitiveKeys()
+        {
+            DictionaryVariableSource dvs = new DictionaryVariableSource(false);
+            dvs.Add("key1", "lowercasevalue");
+            dvs.Add("KEY1", "uppercasevalue");
+
+            Assert.AreEqual("lowercasevalue", dvs.ResolveVariable("key1"));
+            Assert.AreEqual("uppercasevalue", dvs.ResolveVariable("KEY1"));
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void Iniitialize_WithStringArray_FillsKeyValuesInPairs()
+        {
+            DictionaryVariableSource dvs = new DictionaryVariableSource(new string[] { "key1", "value1", "key2", "value2" });
+
+            Assert.AreEqual("value1", dvs.ResolveVariable("key1"));
+            Assert.AreEqual("value2", dvs.ResolveVariable("key2"));
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void Iniitialize_WithStringArray_ThrowsException_WhenOddNumberOfStringsProvided()
+        {
+            Assert.Throws<ArgumentOutOfRangeException>(() => new DictionaryVariableSource(new string[] { "key1", "value1", "key2", "value2", "orphanedKey1" }));
+        }
+
+
+        [Test]
+        public void Initialize_WithDictionaryConstructor_AddsCaseInsensitiveKeys()
+        {
+            IDictionary dict = new Hashtable() { { "key1", "value1" }, { "KEY2", "value2" } };
+
+            DictionaryVariableSource dvs = new DictionaryVariableSource(dict);
+
+            Assert.AreEqual("value1", dvs.ResolveVariable("KEY1"));
+            Assert.AreEqual("value2", dvs.ResolveVariable("key2"));
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void Initialize_WithDictionaryConstructor_AddsKeys()
+        {
+            IDictionary dict = new Hashtable() { { "key1", "value1" }, { "key2", "value2" } };
+
+            DictionaryVariableSource dvs = new DictionaryVariableSource(dict);
+
+            Assert.AreEqual("value1", dvs.ResolveVariable("key1"));
+            Assert.AreEqual("value2", dvs.ResolveVariable("key2"));
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void Initialize_WithDictionaryConstructorAndCaseSensitiveFlag_AddsCaseSensitiveKeys()
+        {
+            IDictionary dict = new Hashtable() { { "key1", "lowecasevalue" }, { "KEY1", "uppercasevalue" } };
+
+            DictionaryVariableSource dvs = new DictionaryVariableSource(dict, false);
+
+            Assert.AreEqual("lowecasevalue", dvs.ResolveVariable("key1"));
+            Assert.AreEqual("uppercasevalue", dvs.ResolveVariable("KEY1"));
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void Initialize_WithEmptyConstructor_AddsCaseInsensitiveKeys()
+        {
+            DictionaryVariableSource dvs = new DictionaryVariableSource();
+            dvs.Add("key1", "value1");
+            dvs.Add("KEY2", "value2");
+
+            Assert.AreEqual("value1", dvs.ResolveVariable("KEY1"));
+            Assert.AreEqual("value2", dvs.ResolveVariable("key2"));
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void Test()
+        {
+            Hashtable hashtable = new Hashtable();
+            hashtable.Add("KEY1", "value1");
+
+            Assert.False(hashtable.ContainsKey("key1"));
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void CanResolveVariable_RespectsCaseSensitivity()
+        {
+            DictionaryVariableSource caseSensitive = new DictionaryVariableSource(false);
+            caseSensitive.Add("KEY1", "value1");
+
+            Assert.False(caseSensitive.CanResolveVariable("key1"));
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void CanResolveVariable_RespectsCaseInsensitivity()
+        {
+            DictionaryVariableSource caseInsensitive = new DictionaryVariableSource();
+            caseInsensitive.Add("key1", "value1");
+
+            Assert.True(caseInsensitive.CanResolveVariable("KEY1"));
+        }
+
+
+        [Test]
+        public void Requesting_KeyNotFound_ThrowsException()
+        {
+            DictionaryVariableSource dvs = new DictionaryVariableSource();
+            dvs.Add("key-found", "value-found");
+
+            Assert.Throws<ArgumentException>(() => dvs.ResolveVariable("key-not-found"));
+        }
+
+    }
+}
diff --git a/test/Spring/Spring.Core.Tests/Objects/Factory/Config/VariablePlaceholderConfigurerTests.cs b/test/Spring/Spring.Core.Tests/Objects/Factory/Config/VariablePlaceholderConfigurerTests.cs
index e453cfd5..5e15b3a0 100644
--- a/test/Spring/Spring.Core.Tests/Objects/Factory/Config/VariablePlaceholderConfigurerTests.cs
+++ b/test/Spring/Spring.Core.Tests/Objects/Factory/Config/VariablePlaceholderConfigurerTests.cs
@@ -38,13 +38,8 @@ namespace Spring.Objects.Factory.Config
         {
             StaticApplicationContext ac = new StaticApplicationContext();
             VariablePlaceholderConfigurer vphc = new VariablePlaceholderConfigurer();
-            try
-            {
-                vphc.PostProcessObjectFactory(ac.ObjectFactory);
-                Assert.Fail();
-            }
-            catch (ArgumentException)
-            {}
+            
+            Assert.Throws<ArgumentException>(() => vphc.PostProcessObjectFactory(ac.ObjectFactory));
         }
 
         [Test]
@@ -52,15 +47,9 @@ namespace Spring.Objects.Factory.Config
         {
             StaticApplicationContext ac = new StaticApplicationContext();
             VariablePlaceholderConfigurer vphc = new VariablePlaceholderConfigurer();
-            vphc.VariableSources = new ArrayList( new object[] { new object() } );
+            vphc.VariableSources = new ArrayList(new object[] { new object() });
 
-            try
-            {
-                vphc.PostProcessObjectFactory(ac.ObjectFactory);
-                Assert.Fail();
-            }
-            catch (ArgumentException)
-            {}
+            Assert.Throws<ArgumentException>(() => vphc.PostProcessObjectFactory(ac.ObjectFactory));
         }
 
         [Test]
@@ -85,7 +74,7 @@ namespace Spring.Objects.Factory.Config
 
             pvs = new MutablePropertyValues();
             pvs.Add("VariableSources", variableSources);
-            
+
             ac.RegisterSingleton("configurer", typeof(VariablePlaceholderConfigurer), pvs);
             ac.Refresh();
 
@@ -106,7 +95,7 @@ namespace Spring.Objects.Factory.Config
             ac.RegisterSingleton("tb1", typeof(TestObject), pvs);
 
             IList variableSources = new ArrayList();
-            variableSources.Add( new DictionaryVariableSource( new string[] { "maxResults", "35", "name", "Erich" } ) );
+            variableSources.Add(new DictionaryVariableSource(new string[] { "maxResults", "35", "name", "Erich" }));
 
 
             pvs = new MutablePropertyValues();
@@ -119,9 +108,9 @@ namespace Spring.Objects.Factory.Config
 
             TestObject tb1 = (TestObject)ac.GetObject("tb1");
             Assert.AreEqual(35, tb1.Age);
-            Assert.AreEqual("Erich", tb1.Name);            
-        }  
-      
+            Assert.AreEqual("Erich", tb1.Name);
+        }
+
         [Test]
         public void MultiResolution()
         {
@@ -132,11 +121,11 @@ namespace Spring.Objects.Factory.Config
 
             IList variableSources = new ArrayList();
             variableSources.Add(new DictionaryVariableSource(new string[] { "firstname", "FirstName" }));
-            variableSources.Add(new DictionaryVariableSource(new string[] { "lastname", "LastName"}));
+            variableSources.Add(new DictionaryVariableSource(new string[] { "lastname", "LastName" }));
             VariablePlaceholderConfigurer vphc = new VariablePlaceholderConfigurer(variableSources);
             vphc.PostProcessObjectFactory(of);
 
-            RootObjectDefinition rod = (RootObjectDefinition) of.GetObjectDefinition("tb1");
+            RootObjectDefinition rod = (RootObjectDefinition)of.GetObjectDefinition("tb1");
             Assert.AreEqual("Hello FirstName LastName!", rod.PropertyValues.GetPropertyValue("Greeting").Value);
         }
 
@@ -150,11 +139,11 @@ namespace Spring.Objects.Factory.Config
 
             IList variableSources = new ArrayList();
             variableSources.Add(new DictionaryVariableSource(new string[] { "name", "${nickname}" }));
-            variableSources.Add(new DictionaryVariableSource(new string[] { "nickname", "nickname-value"}));
+            variableSources.Add(new DictionaryVariableSource(new string[] { "nickname", "nickname-value" }));
             VariablePlaceholderConfigurer vphc = new VariablePlaceholderConfigurer(variableSources);
             vphc.PostProcessObjectFactory(of);
 
-            RootObjectDefinition rod = (RootObjectDefinition) of.GetObjectDefinition("tb1");
+            RootObjectDefinition rod = (RootObjectDefinition)of.GetObjectDefinition("tb1");
             Assert.AreEqual("nickname-value", rod.PropertyValues.GetPropertyValue("NameProperty").Value);
         }
 
@@ -170,7 +159,7 @@ namespace Spring.Objects.Factory.Config
 
             IList variableSources = new ArrayList();
             variableSources.Add(new DictionaryVariableSource(new string[] { "name", "name-value" }));
-            variableSources.Add(new DictionaryVariableSource(new string[] { "nickname", "nickname-value"}));
+            variableSources.Add(new DictionaryVariableSource(new string[] { "nickname", "nickname-value" }));
             VariablePlaceholderConfigurer vphc = new VariablePlaceholderConfigurer(variableSources);
             ac.AddObjectFactoryPostProcessor(vphc);
             ac.Refresh();
@@ -192,11 +181,11 @@ namespace Spring.Objects.Factory.Config
 
             IList variableSources = new ArrayList();
             variableSources.Add(new DictionaryVariableSource(new string[] { "name", "name-value", "nickname", null }));
-            variableSources.Add(new DictionaryVariableSource(new string[] { "nickname", "nickname-value"}));
+            variableSources.Add(new DictionaryVariableSource(new string[] { "nickname", "nickname-value" }));
             VariablePlaceholderConfigurer vphc = new VariablePlaceholderConfigurer(variableSources);
 
             vphc.PostProcessObjectFactory(of);
-            RootObjectDefinition rod = (RootObjectDefinition) of.GetObjectDefinition("tb1");
+            RootObjectDefinition rod = (RootObjectDefinition)of.GetObjectDefinition("tb1");
             Assert.AreEqual("name-value", rod.PropertyValues.GetPropertyValue("NameProperty").Value);
             Assert.AreEqual(null, rod.PropertyValues.GetPropertyValue("NickNameProperty").Value);
         }
@@ -245,7 +234,7 @@ namespace Spring.Objects.Factory.Config
             }
             catch (ObjectDefinitionStoreException ex)
             {
-                Assert.IsTrue( ex.Message.IndexOf("nickname") > -1 );
+                Assert.IsTrue(ex.Message.IndexOf("nickname") > -1);
             }
         }
 
@@ -261,12 +250,12 @@ namespace Spring.Objects.Factory.Config
 
             VariablePlaceholderConfigurer vpc = new VariablePlaceholderConfigurer();
             vpc.IgnoreUnresolvablePlaceholders = true;
-            vpc.VariableSource = new DictionaryVariableSource(new string[] {"name", "Erich"});
+            vpc.VariableSource = new DictionaryVariableSource(new string[] { "name", "Erich" });
             ac.AddObjectFactoryPostProcessor(vpc);
 
             ac.Refresh();
 
-            TestObject tb1 = (TestObject) ac.GetObject("tb1");
+            TestObject tb1 = (TestObject)ac.GetObject("tb1");
             Assert.AreEqual("Erich", tb1.Name);
             Assert.AreEqual("${nickname}", tb1.Nickname);
         }
diff --git a/test/Spring/Spring.Core.Tests/Spring.Core.Tests.2008.csproj b/test/Spring/Spring.Core.Tests/Spring.Core.Tests.2008.csproj
index 0969d3c2..78ac3611 100644
--- a/test/Spring/Spring.Core.Tests/Spring.Core.Tests.2008.csproj
+++ b/test/Spring/Spring.Core.Tests/Spring.Core.Tests.2008.csproj
@@ -324,6 +324,7 @@
     <Compile Include="Objects\Factory\Config\ConfigSectionVariableSourceTests.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Objects\Factory\Config\ConnectionStringsVariableSourceTests.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Objects\Factory\Config\DelegateObjectFactoryConfigurerTests.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Objects\Factory\Config\DictionaryVariableSourceTests.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Objects\Factory\Config\ObjectDefinitionVisitorTests.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Objects\Factory\Config\ResourceHandlerConfigurerTests.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Objects\Factory\Config\PropertyFileVariableSourceTests.cs" />
diff --git a/test/Spring/Spring.Messaging.Tests/Messaging/Core/MessageQueueUtils.cs b/test/Spring/Spring.Messaging.Tests/Messaging/Core/MessageQueueUtils.cs
index dd8d187c..2fdca74b 100644
--- a/test/Spring/Spring.Messaging.Tests/Messaging/Core/MessageQueueUtils.cs
+++ b/test/Spring/Spring.Messaging.Tests/Messaging/Core/MessageQueueUtils.cs
@@ -35,17 +35,27 @@ namespace Spring.Messaging.Core
             MessageQueue.EnableConnectionCache = false;
             if (MessageQueue.Exists(path))
             {
-                MessageQueue queue;
                 // TODO (EE): delete/create doesn't work for some reason
                 //                MessageQueue.Delete(path);
                 //                queue = MessageQueue.Create(path, transactional);
-                queue = new MessageQueue(path);
-                queue.Purge();
-                queue.Dispose();
+                using (MessageQueue queue = new MessageQueue(path))
+                {
+                    queue.Purge();
+                }
             }
             else
             {
-                MessageQueue.Create(path, transactional).Dispose();
+                /*
+                 * MSDN docs indicate that calls to the static .Create() method should include
+                 *   an explicit call to .Dispose() b/c unmanaged resources are involved
+                 * Here this req'ment is handled implicitly with the using() statement
+                 *  even though the empty using() block seems odd at first glance b/c it
+                 *  encloses a static method call
+                 */
+                using (MessageQueue.Create(path, transactional))
+                {
+                	
+                }
             }
             MessageQueue.ClearConnectionCache();
             MessageQueue.EnableConnectionCache = defaultCacheEnabled; // set to default
diff --git a/test/Spring/Spring.Messaging.Tests/Messaging/Listener/DistributedTxMessageListenerContainerTests.cs b/test/Spring/Spring.Messaging.Tests/Messaging/Listener/DistributedTxMessageListenerContainerTests.cs
index 7e2e9821..ba93916c 100644
--- a/test/Spring/Spring.Messaging.Tests/Messaging/Listener/DistributedTxMessageListenerContainerTests.cs
+++ b/test/Spring/Spring.Messaging.Tests/Messaging/Listener/DistributedTxMessageListenerContainerTests.cs
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ using System.Threading;
 using NUnit.Framework;
 using Spring.Messaging.Core;
 using Spring.Testing.NUnit;
+using System;
 
 #endregion
 
@@ -48,6 +49,11 @@ namespace Spring.Messaging.Listener
         {
             MessageQueueUtils.RecreateMessageQueue(@".\Private$\testtxqueue", true);
             MessageQueueUtils.RecreateMessageQueue(@".\Private$\testtxretryqueue", true);
+
+
+            if (listener != null)
+                listener.MessageCount = 0; //reset the property between tests b/c the object lifecycle is singleton!
+
             base.SetUp();
         }
 
@@ -74,7 +80,7 @@ namespace Spring.Messaging.Listener
 
             q.ConvertAndSend("Goodbye World 1");
 
-            Assert.AreEqual(0, listener.MessageCount);
+            Assert.AreEqual(0, listener.MessageCount, "PRECONDITION FAILURE: Unable to send the message!");
             distributedTxMessageListenerContainer.Start();
 
             Thread.Sleep(waitInMillis);
@@ -94,23 +100,28 @@ namespace Spring.Messaging.Listener
         [Test]
         public void SendAndAsyncReceive()
         {
+            const int MESSAGE_COUNT = 5;
 
+            //must match the retry count in the object registration for test to pass!
+            const int EXCEPTION_QUEUE_RETRY_COUNT = 2;
 
             MessageQueueTemplate q = applicationContext["queueTemplate"] as MessageQueueTemplate;
             Assert.IsNotNull(q);
 
-            q.ConvertAndSend("Hello World 1");
-            q.ConvertAndSend("Hello World 2");
-            q.ConvertAndSend("Hello World 3");
-            q.ConvertAndSend("Hello World 4");
-            q.ConvertAndSend("Hello World 5");
+            for (int i = 0; i < MESSAGE_COUNT; i++)
+            {
+                q.ConvertAndSend(String.Format("Hello World {0}", (i + 1)));
+            }
 
             Assert.AreEqual(0, listener.MessageCount);
 
             distributedTxMessageListenerContainer.Start();
 
-            Thread.Sleep(waitInMillis);
-            Assert.AreEqual(15, listener.MessageCount);
+            //this test needs to wait somewhat longer than the others in order to consistently pass so
+            //artificially inflate the waiting period before attempting subsequent asserts:
+            Thread.Sleep((int)(waitInMillis * 1.5));
+
+            Assert.AreEqual(MESSAGE_COUNT + (MESSAGE_COUNT * EXCEPTION_QUEUE_RETRY_COUNT), listener.MessageCount);
 
             distributedTxMessageListenerContainer.Stop();
             distributedTxMessageListenerContainer.Shutdown();
diff --git a/test/Spring/Spring.Messaging.Tests/Messaging/Listener/NonTransactionalMessageListenerContainerTests.xml b/test/Spring/Spring.Messaging.Tests/Messaging/Listener/NonTransactionalMessageListenerContainerTests.xml
index ad8eb5ec..1601f5b5 100644
--- a/test/Spring/Spring.Messaging.Tests/Messaging/Listener/NonTransactionalMessageListenerContainerTests.xml
+++ b/test/Spring/Spring.Messaging.Tests/Messaging/Listener/NonTransactionalMessageListenerContainerTests.xml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
   </object>
 
   <object id='testremotequeue' type='Spring.Messaging.Support.MessageQueueFactoryObject, Spring.Messaging'>
-    <property name='Path' value='FormatName:Direct=OS:MARK6500\Private$\testqueue'/>
+    <property name='Path' value='FormatName:Direct=OS:CCORSELLO-PC\Private$\testqueue'/>
     <property name='RemoteQueue' value="true"/>
   </object>
 
diff --git a/test/Spring/Spring.Messaging.Tests/Messaging/Listener/TransactionalMessageListenerContainerTests.cs b/test/Spring/Spring.Messaging.Tests/Messaging/Listener/TransactionalMessageListenerContainerTests.cs
index 1d0e9ba2..f2fd2cd3 100644
--- a/test/Spring/Spring.Messaging.Tests/Messaging/Listener/TransactionalMessageListenerContainerTests.cs
+++ b/test/Spring/Spring.Messaging.Tests/Messaging/Listener/TransactionalMessageListenerContainerTests.cs
@@ -62,12 +62,14 @@ namespace Spring.Messaging.Listener
             set { listener = value; }
         }
 
-        [Test, ExpectedException(typeof(ArgumentException), ExpectedMessage = "Property 'MessageQueueObjectName' is required")]
+        [Test]
         public void EnsureMessageQueuePropertyIsSet()
         {
             TransactionalMessageListenerContainer container = new TransactionalMessageListenerContainer();
-            container.AfterPropertiesSet();
-            container.Start();
+
+            ArgumentException ex = Assert.Throws<ArgumentException>(() => container.AfterPropertiesSet());
+            Assert.AreEqual("Property 'MessageQueueObjectName' is required", ex.Message);
+
         }
 
         [Test]
@@ -75,12 +77,14 @@ namespace Spring.Messaging.Listener
         {
             TransactionalMessageListenerContainer container = applicationContext["transactionalMessageListenerContainer"] as TransactionalMessageListenerContainer;
             Assert.IsNotNull(container);
-            Assert.AreEqual(true, container.UseContainerManagedMessageQueueTransaction);  
+            Assert.AreEqual(true, container.UseContainerManagedMessageQueueTransaction);
         }
 
         [Test]
         public void SendAndAsyncReceiveWithExceptionHandling()
         {
+            listener.MessageCount = 0;
+
             MessageQueueTemplate q = applicationContext["queueTemplate"] as MessageQueueTemplate;
             Assert.IsNotNull(q);
 
@@ -110,28 +114,28 @@ namespace Spring.Messaging.Listener
         [Test]
         public void SendAndAsyncReceive()
         {
+            listener.MessageCount = 0;
 
-           
             MessageQueueTemplate q = applicationContext["queueTemplate"] as MessageQueueTemplate;
             Assert.IsNotNull(q);
-            
+
             q.ConvertAndSend("Hello World 1");
             q.ConvertAndSend("Hello World 2");
             q.ConvertAndSend("Hello World 3");
             q.ConvertAndSend("Hello World 4");
             q.ConvertAndSend("Hello World 5");
-            
+
             Assert.AreEqual(0, listener.MessageCount);
 
             transactionalMessageListenerContainer.Start();
 
-            Thread.Sleep(waitInMillis);
+            Thread.Sleep(waitInMillis * 2);
             Assert.AreEqual(5, listener.MessageCount);
 
             transactionalMessageListenerContainer.Stop();
             transactionalMessageListenerContainer.Shutdown();
             Thread.Sleep(2500);
-   
+
         }
 
 
diff --git a/test/Spring/Spring.Messaging.Tests/Messaging/Listener/TransactionalMessageListenerContainerTests.xml b/test/Spring/Spring.Messaging.Tests/Messaging/Listener/TransactionalMessageListenerContainerTests.xml
index 581bf7b4..bbbd0c4d 100644
--- a/test/Spring/Spring.Messaging.Tests/Messaging/Listener/TransactionalMessageListenerContainerTests.xml
+++ b/test/Spring/Spring.Messaging.Tests/Messaging/Listener/TransactionalMessageListenerContainerTests.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@
   
   <db:provider id="DbProvider"                
                provider="System.Data.SqlClient"
-               connectionString="Data Source=MARKT60\SQL2005;Initial Catalog=Spring;Persist Security Info=True;User ID=springqa;Password=springqa"/>
+               connectionString="Data Source=.\SQLExpress;Initial Catalog=springqa;Persist Security Info=True;User ID=springqa;Password=springqa"/>
+  
   
   <object id="adoTransactionManager"
           type="Spring.Data.Core.AdoPlatformTransactionManager, Spring.Data">