2000 and XP – the Firebird service will be running when the in- stallation completes. Next time you boot up your server machine, it will be started automatically. The non-server Windows platforms – Windows exe. Firebird 1.0 Quick Start Guide 9 The Guardian should start up automatically next time you boot your Windows 9x or ME machine. Alternatively, you can use a Control Panel applet to control the starting

choose service. Manual or automatic? With the automatic option, Firebird will start up whenever you boot the host machine. With the manual option you can start the server on demand from the Services applet