Hi, I use Postgresql 8.03/ 8.04 on windows xp with sp2, all have same problems. run the windows cmd by: runas /user:postgres cmd and run the initdb program like: initdb --locale=C --username=postgres -W -A md5 -E UNICODE -D ../data then it says: creating directory ../data/ ... ok creating directory ../data/global ... ok creating directory ../data/pg_xlog ... ok creating directory ../data/pg_xlog/archive_status ... ok creating directory ../data/pg_clog ... ok creating directory ../data/pg_subtrans ... ok creating directory ../data/base ... ok creating directory ../data/base/1 ... ok creating directory ../data/pg_tblspc ... ok selecting default max_connections .... and the command window stayed there! I'm newbie at postgresql, anyone can give me some help, thanks a lot.