On Tue, 2010-06-29 at 09:37 +0200, dario.ber@xxxxxxxxx wrote: > Hi guys, > > Thanks for taking time to reply. > > - Despite what the error message says, the user postgres doesn't have > administrator privileges (and I don't see why these would change by retyping > the password). > - In Control Panel -> Administrative Tools -> Computer Manager -> Users -> > postgres I see that postgres is member of the 'Users' group and its password > never expires. > > Maybe I'm missing something obvious here... Have you checked if the 'postgres' user is allowed to "login as a service" in local/group policy? The error about admin privileges may be masking the fact the postgres user is trying to start a service, without the policy rights. Cheers, Dagan McGregor -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general