EXPERT RESPONSE
After installing the Oracle software, did you create a database? If so, this indicates to me that the service is not running and/or your database is not available. Open the Services panel from Control Panel and verify that the database service is running. If it is running, then check the database alert log (located in the background_dump_dest location) to see whether the database opened successfully. If the service is running and the database mounted but did not open, you open the database manually from the command prompt as follows (replace ORCL with your SID):
set ORACLE_SID=ORCL
sqlplus /nolog
connect / as sysdba
alter database open;
If the database did not mount, you could change the alter command above to 'startup;' instead. Finally, you will need to configure a listener to allow connectivity via SQL*Plus on your desktop. This can easily be accomplished by invoking the Net Configuration Assistant from the Start menu on your Windows XP machine.
You can modify the service to start both the instance and the database with the oradim command. To see a list of options that can be used with oradim, use the command:
oradim –help
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