msde2000 releaseA and Access2003

[youngdb]

I'm having problems with the upsizing wizard using Access 2003 and MSDE2000 R A. I installed MSDE and used the upsizing wizard, but it gave me the "sql server does not exist or access denied" error. I'm running Windows XP sp-1. I can't seem to upsize any database to a project file. I'm using this at home, and I need to use the upsizing wizard and MSDE2000 for school, so it's not connected to a network
I'm very new to Access programming and have almost no knowledge of SQL servers (I only know what they are). I set the SAPWD equal to my login password. Please help.