Hi Alan,

> but the messages I have seen on this subject is that it did,
> in fact, work with the RUNAS command.

Where are these messages? I searched the archive: I see messages
suggesting solutions but not one message that says "thanks guys,
that worked". If I'm searching incorrectly, then I apologise.

> You said you tried numerous credentials.. why? seems like hit
> and miss to me.

Call it hit and miss if you like, but for me it was a systematic
run-through of all the possibilities I could think of. I mean, I
tried starting the service under different credentials, starting
the tool under different credentials... Yes, I checked the
permissions on the log file. As it turned out, it was all miss
and no hit :-(

> it works fine for Dimitry Yemanov and Nickolay Samofatov
> so I figure it does actually work.

Thanks!! If these guys really have got it to work on Win2003
Server, FB 1.5.3 Classic, then I know it's possible. I'll mail
them and ask them how they did it.

Ian.