problem with postgres not initializing properly!

[iponnet]

FML when I start HM I get this error:

connection to postgreSQL could not be made. would you like to have HM attempt to start the service?

I press yes and get a windows pop up saying:

postgres.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close.

I have uninstalled and reinstalled both HM and postgres and still the same problem! I have turned off the windows firewall and spybot software I have and the problem still persists!

should I just go ahead and reformat my harddrive and reinstall everything again? lol

any help is greatly appreciated!

[fozzy71]

Please update to the latest beta - http://www.holdemmanager.com/downloads/HmBetaUpdate.exe.

Vista: Turn off UAC - http://www.holdemmanager.net/faq/afmviewfaq.aspx?faqid=73

Turn off Windows Firewall for installing HM and PostgreSQL. Once you get those installed you can add exceptions to the firewall. If you have a 3rd party firewall, uninstall it completely before installing HM/SQL - http://www.holdemmanager.net/faq/afmviewfaq.aspx?faqid=171

For uninstalling SQL please follow these steps:

1) Uninstall PostgreSQL from the Windows Control Panel.
2) manually delete the Program Files\Postgresql folders
3) run the command - start > run > cmd >

net user postgres /delete
4) reboot.
5) Install PostgreSQL 8.4, with your firewall uninstalled or turned off if windows firewall - http://www.enterprisedb.com/products/pgdownload.do#windows