The ASP.NET AJAX system is designed to function with ASP.NET 2.0 and higher, making it incompatible with the Visual Studio 2003 environment.
Anthem.NET serves as a versatile AJAX toolkit/framework for ASP.NET development, catering to both ASP.NET 1.1 and 2.0 platforms -
http://sourceforge.net/projects/anthem-dot-net
If you have an autocomplete need, consider utilizing the jQuery Autocomplete Plugin
This plugin involves minimal coding efforts. Take a look at the demonstration & sample code here - http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Autocomplete
By using its autocomplete() method along with a URL or array input, you can populate your autocompletion list. Simply provide the URL of the page that retrieves data from the database.