well all i can say is windows vista was not really made to be able to have top servers thats why most of them are on xp's but dispite that fact . honestly 10 of my friends use vista for thier server so yes i know it can be done and yes msql2000 works on vista.. and there not really any guides its the exact same setup for msql2000 and the top server like xp.. @sobakuno not to be rude or disrepectful but why would you say something you havent tried or not sure of yourself .and even if you have tried and failed that just means you did it wrong. but having people i personally know have done it and succeded, just means you probably did it wrong & you yourself didnt know what you where doing(think about that)