Thanks for this advice. I had already uninstalled the version installed with VS2005 and installed the SP1 download from microsoft.com using mixed mode authentication. It gave no problems after that.
I've been experiencing this problem for a long time and this is the first article or reference I have found that addresses it. We have SQL Server 2000 sp3 running...
Sorry for my own late response to the previous suggestion, the installation was in another part of the country. I just got back from there, and I tried the...