MSDE 2000 Release A won't talk

MSDE 2000 Release A installed under Windows 2000 pro will not
communicate with SQL Server Manager nor MS Access on peer computer.
Can someone help?
Have set DISABLENETWORKPROTOCOLS=0 at install time.
Install log shows installation successful..
Control Panel> Admin Tools> Services section shows SQL server instance
running.
Disabling firewall has no effect.
SQL Server Manager (icon at bottom right in task tray - this
starts/stops Server instances), on same computer as SQL Server
instance, shows only instance "H" which is the same as the computer
name. (This instance was uninstalled before new instance was
installed.) Typing new instance name ("H\ABC" and variations) into
top combo box produces error messages such as "wrong format for name",
"Network path not found" "RPC service not running". What is the
correct computer/name format' Key problem is clearly that Service
Manager can't communicate with this local MSDE instance.
All Windows 2000 updates from MS web site have been installed.
Objective is to operate MS Access on computer X (also running Win 2000
Pro) with computer H as a peer that hosts MSDE.
Has anyone else run MSDE 2000 Release A on a Windows 2000 Pro system'Have you installed SP3a?
Steve
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> MSDE 2000 Release A installed under Windows 2000 pro will not
> communicate with SQL Server Manager nor MS Access on peer computer.
> Can someone help?
> Have set DISABLENETWORKPROTOCOLS=0 at install time.
> Install log shows installation successful..
> Control Panel> Admin Tools> Services section shows SQL server instance
> running.
> Disabling firewall has no effect.
> SQL Server Manager (icon at bottom right in task tray - this
> starts/stops Server instances), on same computer as SQL Server
> instance, shows only instance "H" which is the same as the computer
> name. (This instance was uninstalled before new instance was
> installed.) Typing new instance name ("H\ABC" and variations) into
> top combo box produces error messages such as "wrong format for name",
> "Network path not found" "RPC service not running". What is the
> correct computer/name format' Key problem is clearly that Service
> Manager can't communicate with this local MSDE instance.
> All Windows 2000 updates from MS web site have been installed.
> Objective is to operate MS Access on computer X (also running Win 2000
> Pro) with computer H as a peer that hosts MSDE.
> Has anyone else run MSDE 2000 Release A on a Windows 2000 Pro system'|||Hi Steve,
MSDE 2000A already contains SQL Server SP3a updates.
Mark
Ottawa, Canada
On Tue, 22 Jun 2004 15:25:07 -0400, "Steve Thompson"
<stevethompson@.nomail.please> wrote:

>Have you installed SP3a?
>Steve