Thanks to unemployment, I can resume working on my certification. I am having to shake rust off from last time and I am having difficulty starting up Oracle Enterprise Manager (on 10g).

Notes:
I issued >emctl start dbconsole and I got:
N:\oracle\product\101~1.0\Db_1>emctl start dbconsole
Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g Database Control Release 10.1.0.2.0
Copyright (c) 1996, 2004 Oracle Corporation. All rights reserved.
http://192.168.2.25:5501/em/console/aboutApplication
Starting Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g Database Control ...The service name is invalid.

More help is available by typing NET HELPMSG 2185.
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I have set ORACLE_HOME=path and ORACLE_SID=orcl
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I try: >emctl config console
N:\oracle\product\101~1.0\Db_1>emctl config console 192.168.2.25_orcl
Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g Database Control Release 10.1.0.2.0
Copyright (c) 1996, 2004 Oracle Corporation. All rights reserved.
192.168.2.25_orcl (Access is denied)
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Here is contents of emdctl.trc (emdctl.log is empty)
2005-09-23 11:55:51 Thread-4980 WARN http: snmehl_connect: connect failed to (192.168.2.25:1830): No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it.
(error = 10061)
...... 12 similar lines skipped.....
2005-09-23 13:15:53 Thread-4488 WARN http: snmehl_connect: connect failed to (192.168.2.25:1830): No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it.
(error = 10061)
2005-09-23 13:55:46 Thread-5104 WARN http: snmehl_connect: connect failed to (192.168.2.25:1830): No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it.
(error = 10061)
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Here is contents of emoms.properties:
#Fri Sep 23 11:03:58 EDT 2005
#Fri Sep 23 11:03:58 EDT 2005
oracle.sysman.emSDK.svlt.ConsoleServerName=192.168.2.25_Management_Service
oracle.sysman.eml.mntr.emdRepPwd=horses5
emdrep.ping.pingCommand=/usr/sbin/ping
oracle.sysman.eml.mntr.emdRepPort=1521
#2484
oracle.sysman.eml.mntr.emdRepDBName=orcl
oracle.sysman.emSDK.svlt.ConsoleMode=standalone
oracle.sysman.emRep.dbConn.statementCacheSize=30
oracle.sysman.db.isqlplusUrl=http\://192.168.2.25\:5560/isqlplus/dynamic
oracle.sysman.emSDK.svlt.ConsoleServerPort=5500
oracle.sysman.eml.mntr.emdRepRAC=FALSE
oracle.sysman.emSDK.emd.rt.useMonitoringCred=true
oracle.sysman.eml.mntr.emdRepPwdEncrypted=FALSE
oracle.sysman.db.isqlplusWebDBAUrl=http\://192.168.2.25\:5560/isqlplus/dba/dynamic
oracle.sysman.emSDK.svlt.ConsoleServerHost=192.168.2.25
oracle.sysman.emSDK.svlt.ConsoleServerHTTPSPort=5500
oracle.sysman.eml.mntr.emdRepServer=192.168.2.25
oracle.sysman.eml.mntr.emdRepSID=ORCL
oracle.sysman.eml.mntr.emdRepConnectDescriptor=(DESCRIPTION\=(ADDRESS_LIST\=(ADDRESS\=(PROTOCOL\=TCP )(HOST\=basement)(PORT\=1521)))(CONNECT_DATA\=(SERVICE_NAME\=orcl)))
oracle.sysman.emSDK.sec.ReuseLogonPassword=true
oracle.sysman.eml.mntr.emdRepUser=SYSMAN
oracle.sysman.db.adm.conn.statementCacheSize=2
oracle.sysman.db.perf.conn.statementCacheSize=30

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I have NOT installed SP2 into my XP machine yet.
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I tried "opening" ports 5500 and 1830, still no diff.
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Please give me some more clues to try so I can start practicing with the OEM, thank you
Rich Sias