I have MDAC 2.5 the 2.6 said it wasn't compatible with SQL Server 7.0.

I went over to the site the server is at and they changed the client default from named pipes to tcp/ip. And it is working.

Thanks again for your help
Jim



>Do you have the lastest version of MDAC? Can you ping the machine?
>
>-Mike
>
>>The other server. I am trying to get a hold of them to see if its up and running.
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>>Thanks
>>Jim
>>
>>>I'm not clear where you've run into a problem. Connecting to MSDE or another server?
>>>
>>>-Mike
>>>
>>>>Hello Group,
>>>>
>>>>I had to rebuild my machine and when I reloaded the msde for visual studio 6.0 I could not connect to the remote server. I tried the New SQL Server Registration and connected to the remote server in the wizard but nothing shows up in the tree frame in enterprise manager. What do I need to do.
>>>>
>>>>Thanks
>>>>Jim