hello one and all,

i have installed fb 1.5.4 on a windows vista sp1 computer. it installs fine, but i can not seem to access any damn file. like

under firebird directory:

bin\gsec -database security.fdb -user sysdba -password masterkey

returns
unavailable database
unable to open database

also

bin\isql examples\employee.fdb -u sysdba -p masterkey

returns
Statement failed, SQLCODE = -904, unavailable database.

i shutoff that damn windows "User Account Countrol" and the logged in user has Admin rights. i have been using firebird for years and never had such a basic problem as this. i am out of ideas. oh yeah, the services are running fine, i believe.

thank you in advance.

lucas