Are you able to start IB as an application instead of service? If so which
NT do you use NT4 or NT2000?

Mit freundlichem Gruss & Best Regards

Andreas Pohl
apohl@...
www.ibp-consult.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "Svein Erling Tysvær" <svein.erling.tysvaer@...>
To: <ib-support@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, February 23, 2001 12:31 PM
Subject: [ib-support] Problem (un)installing Firebird


> First I upgraded to Firebird 0.9.4 Test1 - installing everything (possibly
> excepting ODBC, I don't remember). Later, I discovered that I had
forgotten
> to delete gds32.dll before upgrading, so I uninstalled Firebird and tried
> to reinstall again. But then the local server stopped working, and has
> never worked since!
>
> The Interbase server doesn't start when I turn my PC on (even though
> startup mode is automatic), and if I go to Interbase Manager and click
> "Start", I simply get an error "Unable to start the server" regardless of
> whether I try to start it as a service or not (the only difference being a
> nonsense symbol after the message changing slightly depending on whether I
> start it as a service or not).
>
> My event log states "The InterBase Guardian service failed to start due to
> the following error: %1 is not a valid Windows NT application".
>
> I have tried deleting everything from my registry regarding Interbase
> (well, I didn't bother to delete what Delphi automatically creates for the
> IBX components - I'm very IBO, but haven't bothered to delete IBX),
> switching on/off my computer between uninstallation and reinstallation,
but
> it doesn't help much. Interbase client is working just fine, and I have no
> problem connecting to other interbase servers on remote machines (although
> they are 5.6, not FB).
>
> I'm much better at programming than configuring or installing on my own
PC,
> so I'm stuck. Anyone having useful tips?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Set
>
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