Hi Mike,
If the NT server module of btrieve crashes the error 3 that follows (or something similar) is pretty inevitable as the clients have nothing to talk to. Its a bit annoying that there will be loads of these to click through as Maximizer has many files open and they all raise an error.
First Have you got the btrieve 451 Patch loaded. This is a must. You can get the file from
http://www.pervasive.com/support/updates/upd_btrieve.html
Make sure the updated DLLs are copied to all workstation Windows\system or Winnt\system32 folders.
Most sites where this btrieve software is loaded have few problems and the service will run for months without problems. Having said this, I have seen the problem where the NT service just dies and it can be difficult to eliminate. The real problem is that Pervasive no longer support btrieve 6.15 so there's only so much one can get help from them. My suggestion in the long term will be to upgrade to Pervasive.SQL 2000 which is the standard database engine in the new version of Maximizer Enterprise 2000.
I think my suggestion now is probably to get the server as 'clean' as possible in installation terms. What else is running on it?
I hope this helps.
Ian Wallace
CABC