Have you checked what rights the NT service has with SQL ?

I have had some problems with getting exchange to execute and had to change
some settings in the clients environment. I had to change the dsmg_dir
variable.
Sorry that I can't  tell you what I did to fix this problem but have a look
in this area.

Leo Humar
LCS Pty Ltd
lhumar AT bigpond.net DOT au

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