Java - Ayuda para conectarme con SQLSERVER2000

Hola a todos,
Estoy programando en java y como me conecto es de la siguiente forma:

Properties p = new Properties();
p.put("user", "sa");
p.put("password","123");
p.put("selectMethod", "direct");
p.put("DatabaseName", "pubs");

conn = java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:jtds:sqlserver://HOME:1433/bdControlEscolar", p);

y me da el siguiente error:

java.sql.SQLException: I/O Error: DB server closed connection.
at net.sourceforge.jtds.jdbc.TdsCore.nextToken(TdsCore.java:2277)
at net.sourceforge.jtds.jdbc.TdsCore.login(TdsCore.java:599)
at net.sourceforge.jtds.jdbc.ConnectionJDBC2.<init>(ConnectionJDBC2.java:331)
at net.sourceforge.jtds.jdbc.ConnectionJDBC3.<init>(ConnectionJDBC3.java:50)
at net.sourceforge.jtds.jdbc.Driver.connect(Driver.java:178)
at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(DriverManager.java:525)
at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(DriverManager.java:140)
at Conectarse.<init>(Conectarse.java:69)
at Escolare.Cargar(Escolare.java:318)
at Escolare.btnAceptarActionPerformed(Escolare.java:197)
at Escolare.access$1600(Escolare.java:13)
at Escolare$17.actionPerformed(Escolare.java:157)
at javax.swing.AbstractButton.fireActionPerformed(AbstractButton.java:1849)
at javax.swing.AbstractButton$Handler.actionPerformed(AbstractButton.java:2169)
at javax.swing.DefaultButtonModel.fireActionPerformed(DefaultButtonModel.java:420)
at javax.swing.DefaultButtonModel.setPressed(DefaultButtonModel.java:258)
at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicButtonListener$Actions.actionPerformed(BasicButtonListener.java:287)
at javax.swing.SwingUtilities.notifyAction(SwingUtilities.java:1571)
at javax.swing.JComponent.processKeyBinding(JComponent.java:2763)
at javax.swing.JComponent.processKeyBindings(JComponent.java:2798)
at javax.swing.JComponent.processKeyEvent(JComponent.java:2726)
at java.awt.Component.processEvent(Component.java:5265)
at java.awt.Container.processEvent(Container.java:1966)
at java.awt.Component.dispatchEventImpl(Component.java:3955)
at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Container.java:2024)
at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Component.java:3803)
at java.awt.KeyboardFocusManager.redispatchEvent(KeyboardFocusManager.java:1810)
at java.awt.DefaultKeyboardFocusManager.dispatchKeyEvent(DefaultKeyboardFocusManager.java:672)
at java.awt.DefaultKeyboardFocusManager.preDispatchKeyEvent(DefaultKeyboardFocusManager.java:920)
at java.awt.DefaultKeyboardFocusManager.typeAheadAssertions(DefaultKeyboardFocusManager.java:798)
at java.awt.DefaultKeyboardFocusManager.dispatchEvent(DefaultKeyboardFocusManager.java:636)
at java.awt.Component.dispatchEventImpl(Component.java:3841)
at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Container.java:2024)
at java.awt.Window.dispatchEventImpl(Window.java:1778)
at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Component.java:3803)
at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(EventQueue.java:463)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForHierarchy(EventDispatchThread.java:242)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(EventDispatchThread.java:163)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:157)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:149)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(EventDispatchThread.java:110)
Caused by: java.io.IOException: DB server closed connection.
at net.sourceforge.jtds.jdbc.SharedSocket.readPacket(SharedSocket.java:828)
at net.sourceforge.jtds.jdbc.SharedSocket.getNetPacket(SharedSocket.java:707)
at net.sourceforge.jtds.jdbc.ResponseStream.getPacket(ResponseStream.java:466)
at net.sourceforge.jtds.jdbc.ResponseStream.read(ResponseStream.java:103)
at net.sourceforge.jtds.jdbc.TdsCore.nextToken(TdsCore.java:2172)
... 40 more

Como pueda hacer para conectarme?, se los agradeceria mucho
mi correo es [email protected]