--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, Helen Borrie <helebor@t...>
wrote:

> Get the Quick Start Guide from the Firebird website.

oops _ actually I did that the first time, I just failed to mention
it.

>
> To get things cleaned up, begin by shutting down any running server

by

> going to the command line and typing NET STOP
> FirebirdGuardianDefaultInstance. If it doesn't find that service,

then do

> NET STOP FirebirdServerDefaultInstance.
>

this is the most interesting of your comments. Does this mean that
shutting down the machine DOES NOT STOP Firebird correctly? Does
this mean that using STOP in the Services panel DOES NOT STOP
Firebird correctly? Does this mean I need to create a bat file to do
the NET STOP and have it run whenever I need to shut down the server
for any maintenance?

> Next time around, with the Quick Start Guide to hand, run the

installer. I suggest taking all the defaults.

>
> Make sure that, during the installation, you make an informed
> choice about which server model you are going to install. The
> installer gives you the choice of Classic and Superserver.

Superserver is what I have been selecting (I believe) all along.

> If you need a client named
> gds32.dll and it has to be in the machines system32 directory, then
> make sure those two options are checked.

I missed this the first time, but that just made the ODBC driver
crazy. It wasn't causing the unavailable database error.

> Choose Run as a Service unless you know (and
> understand) a reason to choose Run as an Application.

that is what I checked, and what I want it to do.

> Don't check off Use
> Guardian unless you know how to configure services to restart

automatically.

>

in the services panel, right? or -- in light of the NET STOP
requirement -- does Firebird not work with standard windows services?

> Once the installation finishes, the service(s) -- Guardian and

Server -- will be up and running. It won't hurt to run the Services
applet to double-check.

>

the services (according to the Windows panel -- have come up every
time. It's getting to the databases that doesn't work.

I will follow your directions -- if I understand you correctly, I
should follow the Quick Start Guide rather than the Release notes
installation Notes.

thank you for your help
Ann Cecil

> ./heLen