Quinn,
SQL Server is running under specific acoount. You can find which one by going into Control Panel, ..., Services. That's account you should do your testing on the servver.
>Sergey
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>I have created a .udl text document on the server the .dll is in the list of available ole db providers. I did a "test connection" and it worked and returned a list of tables in the directory.
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>I can try reregistering the .dll.
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>thanks
--sb--