At 11:45 PM 4/02/2005 +0000, you wrote:

>OK, I did all the wipe it clean and start over stuff.
>
>It still doesn't work. (unavailable database error)
>
>I checked with telnet, yes I can get to the machine on port 3050.
>
>the services panel looks fine. Now I have all that stuff under
>programs. Regedit shows two entries, just like it did from the zip
>install.
>
>For what it's worth: when he shut down the machine, moved it, and
>brought it back up, the original error I got was that the service
>wouldn't start -- it timed out. That's why I uninstalled and started
>over (sigh).
>
>this does not look good.

No. If regedit is showing you two entries, what are they? You should only
see one: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Firebird Project\Firebird Server\Instances and (if
you used the defaults) the entry should be: C:\Program
Files\Firebird\Firebird_1_5\

We seem to be having a misinformation problem here. Did the software
actually get installed onto another machine, or did the machine itself
merely get moved from one room to another?

Also please read my comments in the other posting, regarding stopping and
starting the service...

./heLen