Robert, that was EXACTLY what I needed!  I could not get the syntax right.  Gosh I thought it would be simple but this is ridiculous!  Thank you so much!!!  You...

Hmm.  Well, I can say that it must have to do with the update to SP2.  The laptop has been registered on the Domain for a couple of years now...

Thanks for trying to help.  Yes I can ping it...it is my own IP number of my laptop.   And I added an entry into the host file and that made...

I have no problem connecting to the server "Cov".  It shows up in Enterprise Manager just fine.  I did go ahead and turn off the firewall which was on my...