Check the following article for troubleshooting steps:
INF: Potential Causes of the "SQL Server Does Not Exist or
Access Denied"
Error Message
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=328306 -Sue
On Tue, 30 Sep 2003 13:00:40 -0700, "brad"
[quoted text, click to view] <bbelb28@hotmail.com> wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I am trying to login into my server via query analyzer and
>I am receiving the following error. Any ideas how I can
>rememdy this issue.
>
>Thanks!
>
>Connection failed:
>SQLState: '01000'
>SQL Server Error: 1326
>[Microsfot][ODBC SQL Server Driver][DBNETLIB]
>ConnectionOpen (Connect()).
>Connection failed:
>SQLState: '08001'
>SQL Server Error: 17
>[Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][DBNETLIB]SQL Server
>does not exist or access denied.