hi guys, i am sure this might be a common issue, i am running on sql 2000, i have two databases, i occasionally get a timeout when trying to connect, but i can physically go the machine and it would work fine, please help..it give me a error there was a server timeout, they are both on the same lan, can ping my hostname fine...also, i may need to upgrade to service pack 1, this might be a issue, how do i check what service pack for sql i am running, on windows 2000..its on sp 2..please help, thanks in advace