> -----Original Message-----
> 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.

Depending on the rights of the user that is running your application you can
have your app check and start the FB service (if its not started), I have
code for this in both C++ and Delphi if you want a copy.

Rgds

Si Carter
http://www.tectsoft.net/