By default, the agent runs under the system account (service startup account
section on the General tab). If you want you can substitute a local machine
account by clicking the "This account" radio button and supplying the
credentials there. It doesn't have to be a domain account. You might also
want to add the same local machine account as an SS2000 user.

Tom Dacon
Dacon Software Consulting

"acw" <acwomble@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:14de202d-4d2f-4ee7-9e58-5966070d8be5@m44g2000hsc.googlegroups.com...
>I am running SS 2000 and am trying to set up the SS Agent account. The
> machine that the db server runs on is not setup to be part of a
> domain. How can I do this?
>
> TIA!