2008/8/30 Bernard Devlin <knowledgeworks@...>:

> You might be able to detect if there is already a Firebird/Interbase
> server listening on port 3050 by doing
>
> telnet localhost 3050

[snip]

> However, certainly Windows Vista Home is so brain-dead that Microsoft
> disables the telnet client by default. You need to go to Control
> Panel/Programs and enable it. And then it takes a few minutes for the
> enabling to take place. Maybe other versions of Vista have it enabled
> by default.

Not even Windows Server 2008 (which is Vista-based) installs the
Telnet Client by default.

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