import java.sql.*;

class TestConnection
{
  public static void main (String[] args)
{
    try
{
  // Step 1: Load the JDBC ODBC driver
  Class.forName("com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerDriver");

  // Step 2: Establish the connection to the database
    String url = "jdbc:sqlserver://10.1.73.180\SQL2000;" +
       "databaseName=reportgen;user=sa;password=*****;";
  Connection conn = DriverManager.getConnection(url);
  System.out.println("Connected.");
}
catch (Exception e)
{
  System.err.println("Got an exception! ");
  System.err.println(e.getMessage());
}
}
}

Got an exception!
com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerDriver
Process exited with exit code 0.