> > This sounds a lot like FAQ item 3.2 on=20
> > http://pginstaller.projects.postgresql.org/FAQ_windows.html. Check=20
> > those instructions as a first step.
>=20
> Maybe you're right that there's something installed on my=20
> computer that's bugging the postmaster. The only networking=20
> tool that I have installed is NetLimiter - but it only offers=20
> a possibility to manually limit the speed of some connections=20
> - not to forbid access or so. Anyway, I will try some tricks=20
> over there and will report the solution, if there's such.
NetLimiter is known to cause problems with PostgreSQL (along with some
other apps). It is just the kind of LSP that often breaks things.
//Magnus