FWIF, it sounds like the same thing is happening for me also
Downloaded the service, never installed previously
installed it and ticked "yes" to launch program now
splash screen hung for ages
so i killed it, uninstalled it,
and tried downloading the application version thinking (maybe it's
just coz im using nt4)
APplication hung as well.. this time i left it, the mem usage went up
over 70 meg, and kept going
I left it longer and eventually I got an "Out of memory" error
However.... Hermes was completely usable after this and I was happily
able to set up a user and test things

NT4, 128 meg ram, 250 meg free on drive

hth, Loki

> > Well I have observed some new behavior. I fired up the console
> > and in a hurry I left it running with just the splash screen showing
> > like before. I came back a couple hours later and It was showing
an "out
> > of memory" error. Click ok and I am at a working console. So it seems
> > its not really hung just busy. I'm not sure how long it takes to
run out
> > of memory. Could be anywhere from a few minutes to a few hours.
I'll see
> > if I can't scrape up some more accurate data. This is getting
> > interesting. If I had more free time I'd be tempted to install
Delphi on
> > that box and step through the code. Oh, and we can rule out DNS
trouble
> > since that is all fixed now. Nothing like a good puzzle eh?