Hi Ganesh,

Thank you very very much for your valuable instructions.

I am very new in the Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Developer Edition and MSDE 2000 Release A and I do not know what you mean by "the SQL Server instances" and whether the instances are got installed or not.  So I really do not know how to do the Step 1 of your instructions. 

First of all, I do not know whether both the Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Developer Edition and MSDE 2000 Release A are correctly installed in my PC.  I went to my Control Panel => Add/Remove Programs, and I saw "Microsoft SQL Server 2000" and "Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Reporting Services Developer Edition". So I think that "Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Developer Edition" was installed but not correctly configurated in my PC yet and that "MSDE 2000 Release A" was not installed in my PC. Should I try to install the MSDERelA as the Named instance as you instructed in the Step 3 of your instructions?

Please define the "instance" for me first and then tell me whether I should install the MSDERelA as the Named instance.  Furthermore, please guide me how to configure the Developer Edition as the default instance in my "upgraded" Windows XP Pro.

Thanks again,

Scott  Chang 

P. S.  I can not read your attached .gif file.  Please reveal it in a different format if you can, after you help me the above-mentioned key things.