Many thanks Pepak - I'll see what I can find out...

Mark

--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, PenWin <penwin@...> wrote:
>
> > When I refer to extra copies of fbserver.exe, I mean that if you look
> > at the running tasks, there are often several instances of
> > fbserver.exe running simultaneously - that is, 'something' has
> > started fbserver multiple times. It is installed as a SYSTEM SERVICE
> > so why the Service Manager thinks it needs to restart is a mystery.
> >
> > When this occurs, if a user has logged-off, they can't log back on
> > until the 'extra' instances of fbserver have been manually
> > terminated. Users who have not logged off retain their connections
> > OK. Clearly the extra running copies block access to the port.
> >
> > So 'something' is starting fbserver but so far, I can't see what is
> > doing it.
>
> When this occurs, download and run Sysinternals' Process Explorer. It
> will show you three things which may help you:
>
> 1. Complete path to an executable. That way you'll know if you are
> seeing two instances of the same Firebird or perhaps Firebird X and
> Firebird Y running at the same time.
>
> 2) Complete command-line used to run the program.
>
> 3) Execution tree (who started which program).
>
> Pepak
>