--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, "hay77772000" <dhay@l...>

> As I put in my follow-on post, I CAN connect using local:..., but
> don't understand why I have to use that. On my other machine I

don't

> have to.

In services/firebird/properties,
make sure 'allow service to interact with desktop' is checked.
if not, check it and restart the service.

For remote connections into an XP SP2 box,
control panel / windows firewall;
exceptions / add port / firebird, 3050, tcp