Hi Raymond,

Raymond Kennington wrote:

> How does one install Firebird on NT and 2000 (and XP) so that it runs as an application
> and not a service?

i don't know how you can do this _during installation_, but this will at least
work afterwards :-)

put a shortcut to ibserver.exe (or fbserver.exe for Fb1.5) in the startup
folder, preferrably the one for "All users". Alternatively you can make an entry
in the registry (the Run folder under Software/m$/windows/currentversion).

if you have the service installed already and want to get rid of it, go to
Control Panel [ -> administration ] -> Services, look for "InterBase Server" and
"InterBase Guardian" and set the start method to Manual for both. (i hope the
names are correct, i have a german Windoze here...)

hope this answers your question - or are you looking for a tailored install?

regards,
fingerman

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