Re: Installing PostgreSQL on Windows XP

BTW, 8.2.2 has a rather nasty bug; you'll want to go grab 8.2.3 or
8.2.1.

On Feb 7, 2007, at 10:30 AM, Christian Henning wrote:

> Hi there, first post. I would like to share a solution for Windows
> users having problems installing PostgreSQL 8.2.2. I couldn't find
> anything in the docs and FAQ.
>
> My installation routine went fine until it tried to start the postgres
> service. This failed and there was no hint of why. So went to the
> Service panel myself and tried to start the service. Now at least I
> got the following error message:
>
> Error 1068: The dependency service or group failed to start.
>
> Surfing the net was no success but having a look at the event viewer
> offered the following:
>
> The PostgreSQL Database Server 8.2 service depends on the Net Logon
> service which failed to start because of the following error:
> %%0
>
> Another important hint was this Net Logon error message
>
> This computer is configured as a member of a work group, not as a
> member of a domain. The Netlogon service does not need to run in this
> configuration.
>
>
> So putting all these information finally let to the MS kb269375 which
> solved my problem. See http://support.microsoft.com/kb/269375
>
> Let's see what's next. ;-)
> Christian
>
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