> > The local protocol doesn't work, I need to add "localhost" to all
> > gbak/gsec usage.
>
> It should.

That's what I thought. They are definitely running SS ("fbserver -s")

> Are you running your app under Terminal Services?

Not that I know of, they're normal XP Pro clients.

> > At first, it seemed as though there were no indexes, so I performed a
> > back-up and restore (that does rebuild the indexes doesn't it?). No
> > change.
>
> Did you copy the FBConfig file from the old server.

Do you mean firebird.conf? If so, no. The only mod on the original
server was to change the remoteaux port to 3051.

Thanks

David