MSDE on WinXP Pro SP2 joined to a domain

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Hi,
I have a problem that I cannot find a resolution to.
Recently, I got a laptop and I installed WinXP Pro SP2 on it.

I did this at home so was not near my office domain so I temporarily setup
the laptop as a workgroup computer instead of joining the domain.

Once installed, I then installed MSDE2000RelA.
Everything was working fine.

Then I took the laptop to work, joined the domain, and now MSDE can no
longer connect. All I get in the system tray is a computer tower icon with a
white circle on it. Hovering over that pops up "Cannot connect \\". There
should be a green arrow in the circle when services start.

I have tried uninstalling, re-installing, changing user permissions in group
policy for the guest account?? - all sorts of things, but nothing fixes this
issue - and I desperately need MSDE to work on the laptop.

I think it has something to do with the laptop being on the domain, but I
don't know (and that doesn't really make sense to me either).
Can anyone point me to a solution?
Cheers,
Rob


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