I had the same problem. in my case, I changed the user account to the user who was logged on the local system at the time (which has administrator privileges). I did this by accessing the service properties, Logon tab, as shown: http://postgresql.1045698.n5.nabble.com/file/n4814207/img.png After that, I commanded the startup of the service, which started normally. Hug! -- View this message in context: http://postgresql.1045698.n5.nabble.com/Postgres-service-won-t-start-doesn-t-log-any-errors-tp3218164p4814207.html Sent from the PostgreSQL - admin mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Sent via pgsql-admin mailing list (pgsql-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-admin