hey I don't think that anyone uses these groups any longer.. I'd love to help you, but I'm _REALLY_ not available M-F 9-5.
Any chance we could do a teamviewer / gotomeeting sometime to look into this issue?
-Aaron Kempf
aaron...@gmail.com
MCITP: DBA
www.AccessAdp.com
On Thursday, May 31, 2012 1:23:56 AM UTC-5, andifebr wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I have problem with client adp 2003 connected to sql msde (2000)
> database.
> When program was started, "Data provider could not be initialized"
> error message pop up.
> Then another message like "cannot connect to database "x" on "pc
> \instance", make sure it still exist and database server is running."
>
> This has never happened before. It was running fine until I restored
> the database.
> I tried to reproduce the error, rename my own computer to the client's
> computer name, and restore the same backup. run the program but I've
> got no error message on my computer.
>
> Also on the client's computer I was able to connect to the database
> using sql management studio, meaning the sql server service is running
> and can connect to the database as well.
> I've tried to restore the database with a new backup, repair the