Silly me, you're right. Guess I thought everyone had a local copy by now. Thanks for your code, BTW ;-)

>That code is fine, but has one issue, it have to Connect to an SQLServer and I'm guessing that's exactly what he need: "To know where to connect"
>>Jess,
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>>>If want to know if there are SQL Server installed within the LAN environment I am working with. Is there a way how?
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>>See if Re: Detecting SQL Servers Thread #186452 Message #187051 helps...