i go through the install clicking all the appropriate boxes do not want to use 2005 as i hear it causes lag on 2.3 it starts to install after the installation has finished it comes up with a message saying the application has failed to start because SQLLUNIRL.dll was not found it says reinstall may cure the problem but it does not i've installed SQL on my C drive which is my hard drive can anybody tell me if this is right or where my problem lays any help would be greatly appreciated and maybe a really good reliable link to a working SQL 2000 server my windows xp computer is not great i think it may be the system is not powerful enough its only 2.6ghz 512MB 40GB hard drive not the most powerful machine in the world lol could this be my problem with SQL thanks for taking time to read this post got a more powerful xp computer coming real soon any help appreciated thanks mike