Some more ideas:

The 10106 error is WSAEPROVIDERFAILEDINIT, which means server, client, or
both, is failing to initialise the UDP socket for port 3050; or the
service expects DNS to be running but it hasn't been started yet. Did one
of the patches change the privileges for accessing the NETLOGON service
(since you say it works OK if you install the service to run under the
localsystem user)?.

I saw a posting somewhere, on a MSDN list, where some guru said this
breakage happens if you install M$ security patches without shutting down
services that listen on UDP ports (like AV, Spyware and - natch! Firebird).

But it might be something simple, like the patching changed the sequence in
which services are started. It might therefore be coincidence that the
(existing) firebird-user-owned service gave the problem, whereas the
localsystem-owned service didn't - because the reinstalled service is now
started later.

./hb


At 09:50 AM 23/08/2005 -0400, you wrote:

>http://www.snapfiles.com/get/winsockxpfix.html
>
>That error usually indicates broken winsock, so take a look. Did you
>recently remove any viruses or spyware?
>
>Jason
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>Simon Carter wrote:
> > Hi Ulli,
> >
> >
> >>i got the following message:
> >>(Server) INET/inet_error: socket errno = 10106
> >
> >
> > Can you confirm the socket errno is definitely 10106 and not 10061.
> >
> > Alsow which version of Windows are you using?
> >
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Si Carter
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> > Visit http://firebird.sourceforge.net and click the Resources item
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>Visit http://firebird.sourceforge.net and click the Resources item
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