>> Does anyone know (or can speculate) what might be instantiating extra
>> copies of fbserver.exe?

At 06:35 PM 9/09/2010, PenWin wrote:

>To be honest, I can't quite imaging what you mean by "extra copies" or
>"multiple instances" of fbserver.exe.

Nor I; so I wonder whether Classic was installed in the new VM by mistake and he's really seeing multiple fb_inet_server.exe instances.

>But maybe I can help you anyway: It is perfectly possible to run
>multiple Firebird servers, even in different versions, on the same
>machine. It is happening right now at the computer I am using. The
>process of accomplishing it is described in
>{FIREBIRD}\doc\install_windows_manually.txt.

Or read the whole of Chapter 9 in the Fb 1.5 release notes, "Configuring the Port Service on Client and Server".

./hb