Thanks for clarification.

Yes mr.sugesh i am using msde2000 and i also suspect it is a problem of protocol , if it so then how should i found and repair it request your...

forget to add something

i pinged my server and it returned properly and i am able to access the sharedfolders in my server from the client in which i am trying...

hello mr.vidya sagar

i am using sql authentication mode

when i supplied user name and password it waits for certain minutes and a

"Timeout Expired" appears

any inputs

best regards

s.an

dear members

osql -E -S \\server\MSSQLSERVER

it returns sql server dosenot exists or access denied if i remove the "\\" i.e.osql -E -S server\MSSQLSERVER it returns invalid connection. what should i do...