>>Hi:
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>>In a NT 4.0 + Option Pack with Queued Componentes installed you need SQLServer. QC need a DataBase and it is SQLServer.
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>>In Win2000 Environment ¿You need that DataBase? or it is in the os().
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>>Best,
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>>Alberto Rodriguez
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>In Win2K, the message queue uses the Active Directory for storage. SQL is not needed.

Are you sure? I don't think AD is used for the storage, AD is used for finding queues. The MSMQ data store is some proprietary format...

In either case though you're right that SQL Server is not required.