MSDE Problem

I have installed MSDE and it seems to have installed okay. I just don't
know how to check to see if it is running.
I also have SQL Server 2000 developer running on this computer.
Any suggestions on how I determine if it is running and how to troubleshoot
if it isn't?
Thanks
LanceYou have multiple instances.
You'll see MSSQLServer and MSSQL$<name> in services. One is SQL developer,
one MSDE.
You need to know the name to connect, you can use SQL query analyzer to
connect to <servername>\instance name (the slash may be the other way) or
osql to connect (osql -E -S<servername>\instance name.
To find the instance name is tricky.
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"Lance Geeck" <lgeeck@.cox.net> wrote in message
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> I have installed MSDE and it seems to have installed okay. I just don't
> know how to check to see if it is running.
> I also have SQL Server 2000 developer running on this computer.
> Any suggestions on how I determine if it is running and how to
troubleshoot
> if it isn't?
> Thanks
> Lance
>