Hi

I don't know if this will be of any use but apparently one of the
applications included in the MS Small business server bundle uses socket
3050 so if you are running SBS perhaps you could try changing the FB socket.

Rob Martin
Software Engineer

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Alexandre Benson Smith wrote:

> Adam wrote:
>
>> LOCAL SYSTEM >= Administrator, so if it is a policy behaviour then it
>> will be a global setting.
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>
> ok.
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>
>> I wonder if this msdn blog may be useful information:
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>> http://blogs.msdn.com/wndp/archive/2005/08/03/Anthony_Jones.aspx
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>
> at least an interesting reading, don't know wich mode FB uses... Never
> thougth that if a program has a particular port in use another could
> hijack this port, I thougth the second program will get an error trying
> to open a port that is already in use :-/
>
>
>> Could another application/malware be attempting to bind the same port?
>> Maybe try Firebird on another port?
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>>
>
> Good point, I will look at this.
>
>
>> Adam
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> Thanks for your time.
>
> see you !
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>