Just set up a merge replication from SQL Enterprise ManagerSQL7 on NT4 and keep getting an error with the initial snapshot application saying the timeout has expired while trying to prepare one of the tables for replication. Retries 10 times and quits. It gets through one table and then always dies after waiting 10 minutes on the second. I am very much a beginner with SQL. Thanks in advance. If you need more info for your reply, e-mail mrushing@colemanresearch.com