John DeSoi <desoi@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I think the easiest approach to get you started is to > download and install the startup item. Then reboot your > computer. You won't need to know the postgres user > password to start the server and it will be started > automatically when your computer starts. > > http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php? > group_id=133151&package_id=147282 Hello John, OK, it installed fine, restarted fine, but postgres does not appear in Activity Monitor. I can't use Creat User in the Client tools (or any other tool). It says: Database connection failed: could not connect to server: Connection refused Is the server running on host "localhost" and accepting TCP/IP connections on port 5432? pgAdmin III likewise can't connect to the postgres server. Cheers! Joe