i believe the problem was solved when i ran it as a service. as for
the documented problems in the firebird release notes, i hope it
gets solved soon. thank you for yur interest.

jf

--- In ib-support@y..., Helen Borrie <helebor@t...> wrote:
> At 02:01 AM 15-06-02 +0000, you wrote:
> >I cannot get Firebird to fire up in windows xp professional.
> >Interbase 4 works fine, but not firebird. i've just upgraded to
> >windows xp, what is the problem here?
>
> Could you provide some details about what doesn't work...error
messages,
> client you are using to connect, etc.? Also read the release
notes, since
> there is a known issue with XP (which would have affected your IB
4
> database as well).
>
> heLen
>
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