--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, Lester Caine <lester@l...> wrote:

> psmdev wrote:
>
> > If we didn't launch stuff at startup, and just relied on manually
> > launching the stuff, there is no problem. Since FB is supposed to be
> > running as a service, it should be completely up and running before
> > you've even logged into windows - This is what makes me think it might
>
> WRONG - Check Task Manager after you can log in, and you will see

things

> STILL setting up and services still initialising.
>
> ( XP seems to be even worse as it creates the impression that it is
> starting quicker ;) )

Good point. I know Services will start without anyone logging in, but
I hadn't actually thought that through.. If you log in quickly enough
(or automatically in our case), I guess it simply won't have time to
start them all. This is on Windows 2000 (SP4) by the way.

I was confusing myself with the case of another customer, who's
(Firebird) server PC isn't logged in at all most of the time, so we
had to make sure it's running as a service or it simply wouldn't start
at all, so all the clients wouldn't connect.