Sam,

> -----Original Message-----
> This isn't SO awful, except I can't run the app, unless I'm
> logged onto the server.
> When I log off, Windows closes all network connections.
> What's weird is that the client PC can still ping the server
> when I'm logged off the server, but it gets an "access
> denied" error when attempting to connect to the database.

It sounds like FB is NOT running as a service application. If you open
Services Window does it show the following two services:

Firebird Guardian - DefaultInstance
Firebird Server - DefaultInstance

Rgds

Si Carter
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