We are setting up a test laptop to use with Merge replication to a SQL 2K
server that serves as both Publisher and Distributor.  I was hoping to
create a push subscription but that needs a register server setup that does
not work.  When I go to register the server (MSDE on laptop) from the
Publisher, it shows the laptop computer name in the "Select a SQL Server"
dialog box.  But when I select it and choose to connect using either windows
authentication OR SQL server login I get the message "SQL Server does not
exist or access denied".  When I setup the laptop with MSDE, I set the
authentication to be "Mixed" and entered a strong sa password.  Can someone
tell me why this is happening?

p.s. I can setup the laptop as a subscriber using anonymous settings using
Windows Synchronization Manager from the laptop just fine.

David