Try to find with the server manufacturer if there are any issues with that particular system. May be a bios update will solve the problem.

I have found same problems with...

It is possible that your sqldmo.dll is for SQL 7?

May be you can check the dll version or in object browser check if you can see the 2 classes (Backup2, Restore2, etc).

Ok, maybe this could help someone else...

After several tests, the only way to surpass the "error 87" problem was:

I used a registry cleaner to find keys in the registry that...

Searching MSDN, i found article Q188769, but quite frankly, doesn´t help me very much... How can i NOT install the performance counters? MSDE doesn´t have many setup options...

TIA

Carlos Crespo

CCI,Lda.

Portugal