Hi Paul,

> Firebird is currently being distributed with the msvcrt.dll that

ships

> with Visual Studio 6.0 Service Pack 5. It appears in fact to be a

later

> version than the dll mentioned on the web page - it is build

6.10.8637.0

> rather than 6.0.8797.0.

ok, but the initial question remains, may we rely on this
rule: "Always overwrite older msvcrt.dll"? Is there any consequences
of overwriting for example an old Win95 msvcrt.dll?

> but the choice is then given to the user whether they want
> to install or not.

i would rather not to trust in user choice.

Carlos Macao