linked server to Excel

We've created a linked server to access an Excel spreadsheet that resides on
the same server as SQL Server 2000. If we log on to the database server
(Windows 2000), then launch Enterprise Manager, the linked server works
perfectly.
But, if we launch Enterprise Manager from a desktop machine (Windows 2000)
and attempt to use the linked server we get: "Error 7399 : OLE DB provider
'Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0' reported an error."
Any ideas?
SELECT *
FROM OpenDataSource( 'Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0',
'Data Source="c:\test.xls";User ID=;Password=;Extended properties=Excel
5.0')...[test1$]
And the 'test1' is the name of work sheet.
"Vince" wrote:

> We've created a linked server to access an Excel spreadsheet that resides on
> the same server as SQL Server 2000. If we log on to the database server
> (Windows 2000), then launch Enterprise Manager, the linked server works
> perfectly.
> But, if we launch Enterprise Manager from a desktop machine (Windows 2000)
> and attempt to use the linked server we get: "Error 7399 : OLE DB provider
> 'Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0' reported an error."
> Any ideas?
>
>
|||Thanx for the response.
However, I get the same result.
"luyan" <luyan@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:FFE5CD8B-ED99-4568-8B55-21AB6A73242C@.microsoft.com...[vbcol=seagreen]
> SELECT *
> FROM OpenDataSource( 'Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0',
> 'Data Source="c:\test.xls";User ID=;Password=;Extended properties=Excel
> 5.0')...[test1$]
> And the 'test1' is the name of work sheet.
> "Vince" wrote:
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