The problem was the old 9i tnsnames.ora file that the previous installer copied from somewhere else. Once I removed it, Net Manager created another one and behaved as expected. Thank you all for your help! Carmen Rusu On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 10:09 AM, Carmen Rusu <rusucarmen@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I've been given administrator privileges on the Window server and still > when I open the Net Manager and expand the 'Service Naming" it doesnt do > anything. > > I do have a tnsnames.ora file in the right path. > > What can I do to make net manager work? > > Thank you, > Carmen > > On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 2:12 PM, Carmen Rusu <rusucarmen@xxxxxxxxx>wrote: > >> Niall, >> I think you are right about permissions. >> >> I have set the TNS_ADMIN variable and still it doesnt work. >> >> Thank you, >> Carmen >> >> On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 1:44 PM, Niall Litchfield < >> niall.litchfield@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >>> it's possible that the user doesn't have read/write rights on >>> $ORACLE_HOME/network/admin. Me, I always open .ora files with wordpad >>> (write.exe). >>> >>> On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 4:17 PM, Carmen Rusu <rusucarmen@xxxxxxxxx>wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> Please help a poor unix person at lost in the windows world! >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Niall Litchfield >>> Oracle DBA >>> http://www.orawin.info >>> >> >> >