David,

t> I'm a bit confused by Remote Desktop. Does that really change
t> anything, it's still running on the server isn't it?

it is, but in a different session (window station), which means it
can't do IPC with the Firebird service, at least not with Firebird's
default settings. IPC is used by the local protocol, which I guess is
why you had to switch to TCP/IP.

Ciao
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Nando Dessena
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