salve a tutti

ho scaricato i driver firebird da qui:http://www.ibphoenix.com/main.nfs?page=ibp_60_odbc
ora stavo usando questo codice per collegarmi al database firebird
codice:
Imports FirebirdSql.Data.FirebirdClient

    Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
        Dim strconn As String = "DRIVER=Firebird/InterBase(r) driver;UID=SYSDBA;PWD=masterkey;DBNAME=C:\Documents and Settings\user\Desktop\examples\EMPLOYEE.FDB"
        Dim conn As New FbConnection
        conn.ConnectionString = strconn
        conn.Open()

    End Sub
ppurtroppo con questa stirnga di connessione, (prese da connectionstrings.com)
a questa:
"DRIVER=Firebird/InterBase(r) driver;UID=SYSDBA;PWD=masterkey;DBNAME=C:\Document s and Settings\user\Desktop\examples\EMPLOYEE.FDB"

da questo errore:
An invalid connection string argument has been supplied or a required connection string argument has not been supplied.

mentre a questa:
"User=SYSDBA;Password=masterkey;Database=C:\Docume nts and Settings\user\Desktop\examples\EMPLOYEE.FDB;DataSo urce=localhost;Port=3050;Dialect=3;Charset=NONE;Ro le=;Connection lifetime=15;Pooling=true;MinPoolSize=0;MaxPoolSize =50;Packet Size=8192;ServerType=0"
dice :
Unable to complete network request to host "localhost".

cosa posso fare?
grazie