If satya suggestions don't work, also verify that your workstation can PING the SQL Server by name. If it can't, then the name you are registering by might be wrong, or DNS is not working correctly, or the network is not working correctly, or you aren't using TCP/IP on both workstation and server. ------------------ Brad M. McGehee Webmaster SQL-Server-Performance.Com
You could also try setting an alias on the 7.0 server. "How do you expect to beat me when I am forever?"