Raymond O'Donnell wrote: > Robert Fitzpatrick wrote: > >> Thanks, yes, I verified the services has 'postgres' as the account being >> used under the Log On tab of the PostgreSQL service. But still, the >> service will not start with the administrative permissions error >> previously posted. Any other ideas? > > Did you check that the "postgres" user is not part of the local > "Administrators" group? Or any other group it might have inherited admin rights from. the check is recursive - if you have *any* admin right, no matter how many parent groups they were inheirted form, it'll find them and refuse to run. Regards, Dave