> > It has to be the Firebird *root* and not the bin directory.
> >
> well I think I am making progress, but not sure.
> this time I installed it in C:\Program Files\FirebirdSQL
>
> when I changed directories to C:\Program Files\FirebirdSQL\bin
> from there i ran instreg install "C:\Program Files\FirebirdSQL"
>
> then I ran instsvc install "C:\Program Files\FirebirdSQL" -auto -
> superserver - guardian ( I think that was the order of the switches
> and the only ones )
>
> the fbclient.dll and gds32.dll still were not copied to my
> OS\System32 so i put them there.

Looks good to me.

> I am using WinXP
> when I start the services cpl in control panel, I see Firebird
> Guardian and Firebird Server listed the path for both are correct,
> they have a -s switch following the exe name, Guardian Startup type
> is Automatic, Fbserver is manual. neither one have started and
> neither one will start. When I attempt a start on fbServer it says
> Error 1053: The service did not respond to the start or control
> request in a timely fashion.
> When I attempt to start Guardian,it says Error 1067: The process
> terminated unexpectedly.
>
> The account I am logged in on the XP does have admin privileges, but
> is not the ADMin account. Should I be logged in as Administrator

Have you tried starting the service *not* with the Firebird
Control Panel, but instead using the OS built-in services
facility?

If that doesn't work, then you'd best starting from scratch, and
follow the notes in InstallNotes.txt in the \doc subdirectory.


HTH,
Thomas Steinmaurer

The IB LogManager Product Family
Logging/Auditing Suite for InterBase/Firebird
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