Thanks for your help. I came across this yesterday evening. I guess I was on the right track.  Everything is now installed.

Thanks.

Well I reinstalled SQL sp3 and I am still getting the same error when installing about no running instance of sql 2000 server sp2 or higher.  How can I tell if the...

You do have to have it installed locally. So I did that but it will not see the instance. Who knows. I just began the instalation of sql again. I...

I am in the process of uninstalling both products and reinstalling them.  When installing Entercept it just asks you if you want to install using sql so I select that...