At 10:05 AM 10/09/2006, you wrote:

>Thanks for being there, Helen.
>
>I tried the isql statement, but got the err msg you described. Is
>there something I must do during installation (other than select the
>defaults)?

On Windows, no.

>As I said, I'm using XP on my laptop. I'm at a loss.

Why not just restore the gbak backup of security.fdb? Then the
password will be 'masterke' until you change it.

(I guess you know that passwords are case-sensitive ???? Have you
maybe got a tricky Capslock key on the laptop?)

Helen