Error at statup

Hello all,
I'm getting an error when starting SQL2K SP3 running on
Windows 2K Server.
The error message is in a message box called "Queue
Manager" with an ! in a triangle and the following text:
Run-time error '-2147467259 (80004005)':
[Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][DBNETLIB]SQL Server
does not exist or access denied.
Has anyone else come across this error and what did you do
to correct it?
At this point the server will not start up, I get this
message when i'm trying to manually start the SQL Server
as it will not start up with the OS as it is supposed to
do.
Background: No changes have been made too the server
configuration. Database structure's have been changed.
I've looked through all the Microsoft KB's but other
problems with this error message dont seem to relate to
this particular scenario. I'm afraid I might have to
reinstall SQL2K. This could be a problem, might not get
all the data back. However, I do have the MDF and LDF.
Any help is appreciated.
Thanks
Isaiah* What account are you using to startup?
* Is SQL SErver set for mixed mode authentication?
* Have you tried running it as an application using the '-c' switch from
command prompt?
Vikram Jayaram
Microsoft, SQL Server
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