While installing the forum (version 6.34) I ran into difficulty, which I think might be a slight bug of sorts.
In the "SQL_server_connection.asp" file I personalized all the data, including the connection string, which requires a couple of different parameters from the default (Initial Catalog vs. Database; Network Library=DBMSSOCN) which I don't understand, but our host says we need anyway.
Running "SQL_server_setup.asp" I kept getting errors, until I corrected the strCon variable there too. The included file was overridden in the setup file, causing a (slightly) difficult to diagnose error.
' strCon = "Provider=SQLOLEDB;Server=" & strSQLServerName & ";User ID=" & strSQLDBUserName & ";Password=" & strSQLDBPassword & ";Database=" & strSQLDBName & ";"
strCon = "Provider=SQLOLEDB;Server=" & strSQLServerName & ";User ID=" & strSQLDBUserName & ";Password=" & strSQLDBPassword & ";Initial Catalog=" & strSQLDBName & ";Network Library=DBMSSOCN"
If this is an error, it would seem easily corrected (now that I know), if not, maybe a caveat should be put somewhere more clearly to personalize the string in two places (if it was written, I didn't find it before trying to install...maybe my fault).