Is there a bunch of stuff I need to do to get the samples to work or even access the associated tables? I'm trying to get to the AdventureWorks stuff, but just can't seem to get anything going. I want to browse through the tables, etc. Every time I try to open what I think is the right thing, it tells me that they are system tables, or the sample won't work with this version, or if I try to execute what I think is a script, it can't find anything it needs. I really though I could just install the samples and get a database into SQL Server and look around. Then use VB.NET to connect to the database, etc. I can create my own tables, but I want to look at something comprehensive that's already put together. Anyone? Thanks!