I am having some connectivity issues with a new install of MSDE Service Release A.  The Server has all updates from Microsoft as well as MDAC 2.8.

First I installed a named Instance of MSDE (Instance1).  After installing and rebooting the server I attempted to register the instance using Enterprise Manager on my development workstation.  I received the error message "SQL Server does not exist or access denied".  

Also after rebooting the Server I did not have a green arrow inside the White circle of the Server Manager app running in the sys tray.  If I opened Server Manager the named instance did not appear in the drop-down box.  If I manually typed in the \\servername\instancename, Server Manager would update and display that the instance was up and running.  However after a reboot it would revert back to showing no service running.

After several attempts to comminucate with the named instance of SQL Server on the Server, I installed a default instance of SQL Server.

Now when the server is rebooted Server Manager does display the default instance running, but still does not show the named instance in the drop-down box (I have to type it in manually).

I still can not register either the named or default instance on my workstation using Enterprise Manager.  I also tried to create an ODBC connection to both the default and named instance to no avail.

However ODBC connections on the Server will commincuate with both instances (named and default).

I have seen several posts on the web refering to Server Utilities and Client Utilities but with very little information on how to use these tools.  If these tools are needed to resolve the issue please include information (or link to information) on how to use them.

thanks,
matchbx.