The one server I can get access to at this time of night is indeed
running APC server and agent software. Both services are stuck at
Starting. So this looks like an excellent suggestion. Many thanks.

Roger Vellacott

--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, "Peter McLeod"
<PeterMcLeod@p...> wrote:

> Hello Roger,
>
>
> Do you use APC server and agent software on this machine? If so if

it

> is at version 6.x then this is possibly the probeem. Use Process
> explorer from sysinternals to kill this service and set it to

manual.

> This will cause it to release the msvcrt.dll that it is attempting

to

> load which allows Firebird to start. Then upgrade to version 7.x

of the

> product.
>
> _____
>
> From: rogervellacott [mailto:rvellacott@p...]
> Sent: Wednesday, 3 August 2005 8:54 AM
> To: firebird-support@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [firebird-support] Re: Server Services failures. Is this
> Firebird related?
>
>
> Thanks for the replies to this. The problem extends beyond FB to

all

> the other services. Most of them start on rebooting the server,

but

> once booted, you can't stop or start any of them. You can't even
> change the properties on any of them (eg from Manual to Automatic)
> without getting a time-out failure.
>
> As it has happened on two separate servers running FB, I am worried
> that FB may have caused the problem. But I have uninstalled FB on
> one of the servers, and this has not solved the problem. You still
> can't stop or start services. I have run RegistryMechanic to fix

any

> registry errors, and the only thing left is to re-install Windows.
>
> I suppose it is reassuring if nobody in this newsgroup has seen
> anything similar, as that probably means fB is not guilty. It

would

> be nice to know what is going on though.
>
> Roger Vellacott
>
>
> --- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, "rogervellacott"
> <rvellacott@p...> wrote:
> > Last week a client's Win2000 server running FB1.50 Classic ground
> to a
> > halt. On inspection, FBGuard was running, but FBServer was not.
> Trying
> > to stop FBServer timed out, leaving FBServer in a "Stopping"
> state.
> > None of the other services could be stopped or started, including
> > simple ones, like Telnet. So I assumed it was a nasty Windows
> problem.
> > Firebird is now happily running on a temporary server (one of the
> > workstations) and we are waiting for a Windows re-install on the
> server.
> >
> > However, last night another client with FB1.50 Superserver had a
> power
> > cut, and the UPS battery ran out. Firebird stopped working, and
> has
> > the same symptoms as the first client. Services cannot be

started

> or
> > stopped. Firebird 1.5.2 installs, but fails when it times out at
> the
> > end when it tries to install the service.
> >
> > If this is not a Firebird issue, then it is a strange

coincidence.

> > Does anyone know what is going on?
> >
> > Roger Vellacott
> > Passfield Data Systems
>
>
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