Client can not see DBs

When i run the SQLDATAadapter it cannot find the SQL
server 2000. the error it gives is:
Provider Cannnot be found. It may not be properly
installed. I am running out of Ideas any help will nice?
Thanks
Tom
If you are using MSDE, make sure you have a network protocol (TCP/IP)
enabled in the Server Network Utility for SQL Server.
"TOM" <tbeyerlein@.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> When i run the SQLDATAadapter it cannot find the SQL
> server 2000. the error it gives is:
> Provider Cannnot be found. It may not be properly
> installed. I am running out of Ideas any help will nice?
> Thanks
> Tom
|||I am not using MSDE, i only installed the client tools
form the SQL server 2000. Do i need to install MSDE?

>--Original Message--
>If you are using MSDE, make sure you have a network
protocol (TCP/IP)
>enabled in the Server Network Utility for SQL Server.
>
>"TOM" <tbeyerlein@.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>
>.
>
|||Well, if you only installed the client tools, there isn't a database to
connect to. The Server component is what SQLDataAdaptor would actually
connect to.
"TOM" <tbeyerlein@.microconstants.com> wrote in message
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> I am not using MSDE, i only installed the client tools
> form the SQL server 2000. Do i need to install MSDE?
>
> protocol (TCP/IP)