>Just tried to install the MSDE option from CD, it seemed to be working as it took a few minutes, but did not give any confirmation at the end that it had installed successfullly.
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>I dont know whether MSDE is installes now or not. How do I check this out and start creating Databases using MSDE ?

Gerard,

I'm using MS SQL Server Developer Edition on Windows XP Pro. In my Windows Task Manager I see "sqlservr.exe" listed. In my Administrative Tools | Services I have MSSQLServer listed. In my task tray I have an icon which is gray with a green arrow in a white circle attached to it to signify that it is running.

To use SQL Server from VFP I can go into my ODBC data sources and create a new datasource called MyServer.