--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, "Adam" <s3057043@...> wrote:

>
> >
> > Here are more info that I got just now. Hope this can be useful:
> >
> > 1. The error message is: operating system directive CreateFile failed
>
> Do you know whether it was Firebird or your service that had this
> error. Could be permissions etc. Note also that in Windows CreateFile
> is not always creating a "file".
>
> >
> > 2. The application using the database is a service. Everytime when the
> > computer is rebooted, the service can't start because of this error.
> > But after login and start the service manually, it works fine.
> >
>
> Is your service started by Windows prior to Firebird? I am assuming
> Firebird is installed as a Service not as an Application. As in have
> you declared Firebird as a service your service depends on? If not,
> your service will have to take into account the fact that Firebird may
> not yet be running.
>
> Adam
>

Actually I am using embedded mode, so there is no SS on the test machine.