Please Ignore this section below. I just tried it and it seems to
work without guardian..something must have been different last
night..maybe i was drunk or something.

> PS - I reinstalled firebird server last night - I Kept all the
> default selections except for Use Guadian Option(I deselected this).
> --Restarted the server.
> Server starts - No Guardian loaded - Great (This is what i wanted).
> When i then try and use IBExpert it complaints that is can't find

the

> database? If i go to control panel and select guardian option -
> Guardian starts up - Then IBExpert works again. Why does IBExpert
> require the guardian?