> I had a problem with Classic on a W2K3 duel processor server. It kept
> freezing up periodically to the point where I had to uninstalled

classic and

> install superserver.
>
> The problem went away. This was using V1.53. If memory serves,

seemed like

> the spawned processes would sometimes be left hanging out there (in task
> manager).

This is most likely a bug in the installer which installed the
Firebird Guardian Service. That service should not be installed if you
are using Classic. If it is installed and you are running Classic,
disable it in services.msc and see if your problem doesn't just go away.

Adam