title: Failed to start Informix through Windows services
body: <p>I have Informix version 11.50 installed on my Windows machine. According to this <a href="http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/idshelp/v10/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.expr.doc/expr79.htm" rel="nofollow">link</a>, in order to start the server, it should be done through Windows services, look for <strong>Informix IDS - instance_name</strong>. It is supposed to start when Windows is started up, but for my case it is not, and it wasn't started. Thus I start it up manually by double clicking on it, and it prompt me an error:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>The service did not respond to the start or control request in a
    timely fashion.</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>May I know is there any solution in order to start up the local Informix DB on windows?</p>