Bringing Standby server online when in "no recovery mode"

Hi,

I am trying to set up Log Shipping. Though I have the following problem...
I want to set up LS without any user being able to connect. As I understand, this means I have to select the "No recovery mode" in the "Add Destination Database" window when creating the Log Shipping Maintenance Plan.
This all works fine. I set this up, no user can connect to the database (it shows status: (Loading) ), perfect.

However, the problem I encounter is when I want to bring the Standby server online.
I run the 'sp_change_primary_role' SP on the primary server... works fine.
I run the 'sp_change_secondary_role' on the standby server... errors:

Server: Msg 927, Level 14, State 2, Line 1
Database 'Northwind' cannot be opened. It is in the middle of a restore.
Server: Msg 5069, Level 16, State 1, Line 1
ALTER DATABASE statement failed.
Server: Msg 14440, Level 16, State 1, Procedure sp_change_secondary_role, Line 49
Could not set single user mode.

So what am I doing wrong? Am I forgetting something? I think i must do. The only way to get the secondary (standby) online is to do a "detach - attach", as far as I know.
I can not check its Properties or do a restore or backup of this database either.

Any help would be very much appreciated.

Thanks in advance and kind regards,

Jan V.Run the following command, to open the database:

restore database (name of database) with recovery

This will trigger a recovery of the database, and reset the database to "open" from "loading"