Paolo,

> > Anti virus software, you should disable scan on gdb files
> Done
>
> > and maybe a dns lookup problem (try put the server name and ip
> addres on "hosts" file located on c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc).
> Done
>
> > Did you try to create an database with another extension like
> fdb ? If so how are the results ??
> Done
>
> Ever the same: still slow.
> Please mind that it's slow also if i use the Server as a stand alone
> machine ( run the app directly from server!!! ).
>
> I've checked again on Win2000Pro: it'a a rocket ( less then 3 secs
> to connect to server ).
>
> Any further idea?

Slow connections on Windows 2003 with IB < 7.1 and FB < 1.5
is a known issue.

One trick that might help is to change on OS setting, namely
changing CPU usage optimized to applications and not service,
but people have reported that sometimes it helps and sometimes
not.

Both InterBase 7.1 and Firebird 1.5 are running fine on
Windows 2003.


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