> Has anyone tried to install Postgres on Windows Sever 2003 > version R2? R2 is actually shipping as a 'new' Microsoft > product- it's basically an interim update to Windows Server ( > http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/r2/whatsnewinr2.msp > x <http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/r2/whatsnewinr2.mspx> ). Not that I know of, but it's been on my list of things to try :-) > I've installed Postgres on other versions of Windows with no > problem, so I'm afraid that the error I'm seeing now is > related to some great new 'feature' from Microsoft. Here's > the error message returned by Postgres before install begins- > Error binding the test network socket: 10013 That error means: An attempt was made to access a socket in a way forbidden by its access permissions. > Microsoft Antispyware has been turned off (closed the > application) and Windows Firewall isn't running. There's no > other AV or firewall software on this system yet. > > Any ideas on what might be going on? It certainly *sounds* a lot like a firewall issue :-) I'd double and triple check that. We've seen it several times before and it has AFAIK always been a firewall. //Magnus
