here's the erro message (appears inside of a dialog box titled " unexpected database error"):
Procedure Name: InitTAMServerEXE
User Name: TAP
Computer Name: ADMIN193475
Error: 40002
Driver: Microsoft - ODBC SQL Server Driver
Errors: 2
Database Error: 2
Source: ODBC
SQLState: 01000
Description: ConnectionOpen (Connect()).
Database Error: 17
Source: ODBC
SQLState: 08001
Description: SQL Server does not exist or access denied.