• open ssms >> add sql 2000 server there >> open sql 200 server and open publisher /distributor / subscription properties there in security tab use proper sql authentication to to connect to all these sql servers....if once this is working do R&D for windows authentication by changing one by one...

    remember all in ssms 2005 not sql 2000 enterprise manager

    Prakash Heda
    Lead DBA Team - www.sqlfeatures.com
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