• Thanks for that but the bit I'm looking for is :-

    Enterprise Edition on Windows NT 5.1 <X86> (Build 2600: Service Pack 3)

    There is a version of SQL server (express) that does not have SQL agent, therefore you would not see it.

    John is right about permissions, you need to rule that one out at the same time.

    Have you checked to see if anyone else can see it?

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