Does Firebird work on Windows Vista?

Yes. Just make sure you uncheck the Control Panel applet option while installing.

If you wish to use the Embedded, please skip version 2.0.1 as it has a bug. Either use 1.5.4, 2.0.0, or some 2.x version newer than 2.0.1.

Make sure you set the IpcName setting in firebird.conf if you wish local connections to work. Read comment above the IpcName setting in firebird.conf file for details.

On Vista, you can also connect using variant of connection string that uses hostname, but without any hostname, something like:

:C:\path\to\database.fdb

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