"J Pruitt" <jpruitt@verizon.net> wrote in message news:<W0EZa.7472$EJ1.2103@nwrddc03.gnilink.net>...
> I have MS Visual Basic (.Net ) and SQL Server 2000 installed on XP
> Professional (No remote database, strictly local machine). Can Anyone tell
> me what I need to do to get VB .Net to recognize the SQL Server.
>
> I believe I need to get Enterprise Manager to establish a user somehow. But
> that's not working !!!
>
> If not, a good source of installation info SQL Server !!!
>
> Thanks

It's not clear from your post what you mean by "recognizing SQL
Server". Do you mean that you can connect but your applications can't?
Do you get a specific error message at any point? Do you have MSDE or
Developer Edition? Here are some links that might be useful - if they
don't help, then I auggest you post some more precise details of what
you're trying to do.

http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;EN-US;308047
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;EN-US;321698
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;EN-US;319930

Simon