Unable to start server - winxp

From: Joost Kuckartz <jkuckartz1984(at)hotmail(dot)com>
To: <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Unable to start server - winxp
Date: 2006-12-19 20:47:47
Message-ID: BAY116-W5652168845767DE8A2859AAC80@phx.gbl
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Hello,

After a huge amount of trying out (I'm new at running webservers, I had a lot of problems installing apache too) I finally was able to install postpresql 8.2 (latest version) on my computer. What I want to do in the end is have a local webserver running. I installed ms4w (package with php, mapserver, apache) and I had to change the httpd.conf port to 81 (80 is in use by I-don't-know-what, I can't see that)

Well, I installed the .msi, and I had no idea that the "account" settings had to be left intact. First I thought I could change it, but then it installed and always gave the error "user already exists" (while in the install was asked to create the new user...)

Ok, so I left all ok, left the computer name there, and created the new standard username "postgres". Now I can't start the server, it will say I have to start it not as administrator. Well, I only have one useraccount here and I'm not planning on switching useraccounts just to run postgresql, or change my account so I don't have admin rights anymore.

How do I start it? After that the problems of configuring it with Apache will follow, but first this.

I can't compile, and I'm not planning to either. If I had a dedicated server I probably would run linux or unix or something which can handle better with webservers anyway. Can somebody help me? Thanks!

-Joost
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