> Ok I found one connection string in the form \\machine_name\c:\.....,
> so that's why we have the NetBEUI "style" error. But I still do no
> understand how this kind of string works. There is no NetBEUI
> installed.

Alexander, I'm pretty sure this connection string will work fine as long as
you have "Client for Microsoft Windows" installed in the PC. After all
netbeui IS microsoft and they do some pretty wierd things sometimes with the
use of TCP to support their netbeui protocol
Alan