- Confirm the Firebird Services are at "Started" status in the Administrator Services
- Firebird Guardian (if it exists)
- Firebird Server
- If they are started, re-start them and check if errors still persist
- If they are not started, start the Guardian (if it exists) and confirm the Server also starts
- If they are not in the Services, confirm you are on the server where HowNow database is stored, then you need to re-install Firebird