Thank You Helen .... is it still the same considering my update post
(i'm able to open only one database from the 4 installed by delphi 2007).

(see my post above).

--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, Helen Borrie <helebor@...> wrote:
>
> At 07:49 AM 2/02/2008, you wrote:
>
> >See the following screen capture.
> >I can't connect to any databse.
> >
> >It is a new installation, last release of firebird
> >Windows XP SP2. I have open port 3050 on router, i use no other
firewall.
> >Firebird services are running.
> >
> >What can i do?
> >
> >http://i28.tinypic.com/155gx81.jpg
> 1. Make sure you don't have an InterBase server running!
>
> 2. Make certain your database utility is loading the Firebird 2
client library.
>
> 3. If your database utility is running in a Remote Desktop client,
use a TCP/IP connection. A 'local' connection won't work from a RDT
client.
>
> 4. If you haven't done so already, upgrade your security database.
Instructions are in the security chapter of the release notes.
>
> 5. Make sure your database utility knows it has to connect to
security2.fdb, not isc4.gdb or security.fdb
>
> 6. Try connecting to a Firebird database, e.g.,
c:\Progr~01\Firebird\Firebird_2\examples\empbuild\employee.fdb. Tip:
it is a lot simpler if you use a database alias.
>
> 7. Try testing with isql instead of a third-party client
application. You might need to upgrade your third-party application.
>
> ./helen
>