title: Oracle 10g xe database error when connecting ORA-12528
body: <p>I am trying to connect to my local database <strong>Oracle 10g XE</strong> however i am getting the following error <strong>ORA - 12528</strong>. This connection was working and this issue suddenly arose. I did <strong>LSNRCTL status</strong> the results are under:</p>
  
  <p>What can i do to resolve this problem?</p>
  
  <p>Welcome to LSNRCTL, type "help" for information.</p>
  
  <pre><code>LSNRCTL&gt; status
  Connecting to (ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=tcp)(HOST=)(PORT=1521))
  STATUS of the LISTENER
  ------------------------
  Alias                     LISTENER
  Version                   TNSLSNR for 32-bit Windows: Version 10.2.0.1.0 - Produ
  ction
  Start Date                03-JAN-2014 15:37:04
  Uptime                    0 days 0 hr. 3 min. 27 sec
  Trace Level               off
  Security                  ON: Local OS Authentication
  SNMP                      OFF
  Listener Log File         C:\Development\oracle_xe\app\oracle\product\10.2.0\ser
  ver\network\log\listener.log
  Listening Endpoints Summary...
    (DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=tcp)(HOST=ITDEV-DARIN)(PORT=1521)))
  Services Summary...
  Service "XE_XPT" has 1 instance(s).
    Instance "xe", status BLOCKED, has 1 handler(s) for this service...
  Service "xe" has 1 instance(s).
    Instance "xe", status BLOCKED, has 1 handler(s) for this service...
  The command completed successfully
  </code></pre>