i tried that also, but unfortuanately it doesnt work
still get the same error
i tried it on the database server itself and on the other server.
both give the same error as in my original posting
from the error log after cancelling the installation:
08.08.2008 09:37:26 system: *: Going to check connection to MS SQL Server "NEBULA", using user "sa"...
08.08.2008 09:37:27 system: Cannot initialize data source, error 0x80004005...
ps: thank you for the quick reply