On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 10:49 AM, Lee Hachadoorian <lee.hachadoorian@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Last week I set up Postgres 8.3 on a WindowsXP machine. Had it up and > running and imported data. Now when I try to start the server (after > a machine restart) I get the message: > > ******************************************************************************************** > pg_ctl: another server might be running; trying to start server anyway > PANIC: could not open control file "global/pg_control": Permission denied Or it could just be that you do already have another postmaster up and running already. -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general