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Installing on Windows

Please read the previous chapters before you set out to install Firebird 2.0.x or 2.1.x.

v.2.1.2 Installation improvements

The Firebird 2.1 series are built using the Microsoft MSVC8 compiler. Microsoft introduced new rules for distributing the runtimes associated with this compiler on XP and Vista platforms. This introduced much more complexity and bloat into Firebird v.2.1.0 and 2.1.1 installations for these platform versions.

For the v.2.1.2 release, efforts have been made to improve the options, document them and to reduce the "weight" of installations, particularly for Windows Embedded deployments. Please refer to the later section entitled Microsoft Runtime Libraries.

• Installation choices
• READ THIS FIRST!
• Using the Firebird Installer
• Installing Firebird from a zip kit
• Windows Embedded
• Client-only installs
• Customising your installation
• Special topics

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