connecting to sqlexpress from classic asp

hi,i'm using classic asp to try and connect to a sqlexpress database on a development server. i get the following error: Microsoft OLE DB Provider for SQL Server (0x80004005)[DBNETLIB][ConnectionOpen (Connect()).]SQL Server does not exist or access denied./dbtest.asp, line 8I'm using the following script which runs fine against a regular SQL server (version 8) on the network.<%@LANGUAGE="JAVASCRIPT"%><%var strCon, conn, sql;       strCon = "Provider=SQLOLEDB.1;Data Source=localhost;Initial Catalog=rapidHB;User Id=rapid;Password=xxx";< ...