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yankees31
01-13-2010, 12:03 AM
I used the pginstaller to install Postgres8.4 on win7 and it created a new user account that is password protected and now my windows 7 won't open IE or the control panel unless I uninstall postgres. Anyone know what is going on here? This is a brand new computer that has never had postgres before.

yankees31
01-13-2010, 01:25 AM
I also noticed that the postgres service says starting but is never fully started. I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling several times and the service never starts. Any suggestions?

miczero
01-13-2010, 04:45 AM
Are you talking about the Secondary Logon Service? You're not logging into the Postgres account, are you? Just login to your normal Windows user acct, leave the Postgres acct alone. Here's how I installed 8.4 when I moved to Win7, it's really easy though;

PostgreSQL 8.x download. (http://www.enterprisedb.com/products/pgdownload.do#windows)

Launch the install and keep clicking Next. The password it asks for is the same as before – postgrespass. That’s it, you’re done! There’s no need to worry about changing to ASCII encoding because you can’t and you don’t need to, everything will be in UTF now. Don’t forget to uncheck starting Stack Builder at the end of the install.

** Sometimes you can get a "Secondary Logon not found” error during the installation of Postgres 8.4. To fix this, right click My Computer---> Manage--->Services and Applications---> Services---> find the Secondary Logon and start the service. This happened to me, so I'd advise starting the service before you install Postgres.

Did you make sure you're firewall and defender were turned off before installing and then configure them after install? Here's some links that you should also check to make sure you've got everything set up right.


Disable and Configure Windows Firewall and Defender. (http://208.109.95.123/faq/afmmain.aspx?faqid=171) - Disabling (turning OFF) is in Step 5, configuring the exceptions is in Steps 3 & 4. Don't freak out about not being able to add the 5432 port exception in Step 3. MS put it in Advanced Settings for Win7's Firewall, check the next link for how to do this.

Add the Postgres 5432 port exception in Windows 7 (http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Open-a-port-in-Windows-Firewall) - With this and the link above you should be able to figure this out.

Post by fozzy71 about setting HEM to run as adminstrator. (http://forums.holdemmanager.com/showthread.php?t=21121)