The Gurus have already given their advices and i totally agree with them.

But just a thought which comes to my mind, if you are reporting off your production database throughout...

Looks like the login credintials used to register the server in your enterprise manager are no longer valid or do not exist.

Try connecting directly via Query Analyzer.

or

Check the login in...

I have never worked on this scenario ( 2K publisher and 2005 subscriber), but here is what i think about it:-

1. Did you run the snapshot agent and apply the...

What do you mean by "witness"? i thought "witness" is available only in case of mirroring and logshipping.

If you meant having publisher and distributor on the same box, then following...

What happens if you explicitly say "Add Subscriber", then add your 2005 server using IP address and the remote login.

Are you able to do this ?

Re-initializing is only required for Merge Replication and more to it if the following conditions are true :-

From BOL

1. If an article is a parent article in a join filter...

You can find "Reporting and Logging" button next to "Manage Connections...".

SPN is service principal name which gets registered when you install the sql server running under X account. The SPN is registered under that X account. When you change your...

In the publication property > Snapshot, one would indicate where the generated snapshot should be stored. Change the path over here to a valid one.

Also, View Details ( in replication...