Doug G

Have you checked the sql server logs to verify your server is listening on port 1001? And I'm not sure you should put the sql server name after the IP And since port 1001 is a non-standard sql server port you may have some firewall problems, or there may be something you need to configure in the odbc drivers.

Soylent Green was Edward G. Robinson's last movie.

One guess, maybe it's a U3 drive. If so, you can google to find out how to remove U3 from the stick.