bcp connection problems

Well this one is puzzling me, and there is probably a very simple answer to this but coming from a linux/MySQL background to a windows/MSSQL system I can't figure it out.

Anyways I run bcp with my queryout string which is

bcp "SELECT * FROM edrdata.dbo.tblcomments WHERE siteid=-1" queryout "C:\DKD\" -c -U <username> -P <password> -S WELLDAQ\DBINFO

but I get an ODBC connection error, see below :

SQLState = 08001, NativeError = 17
Error = [Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][Shared Memory] SQL Server does not exist or access denied.
SQLState = 01000, NativeError = 2
Warning = [Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][Shared memory]ConnectionOpen (Connect()).

oh and SQL Server Service Manager shows the Server as WELLDAQ\DBINFO and it is running and I can connect to it through other means such as my visual basic applications I'm coding and through Visual Studio 2005 (remotely) so why can't bcp connect to it?

pls check your your surface area configuration if

1. the server is running in mixed mode

2. the server is configured to accept both local and remote connection

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Make sure there are no spaces between the -U and the username. Same for -P and -S

Also, specify a filename as well as the directory path and put the -S parameter before the -U and -P

Hope this helps.