Received: from maia.hub.org (maia-5.hub.org [200.46.204.29]) by mail.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5E587B5DC5F for ; Sat, 17 Sep 2011 14:18:25 -0300 (ADT) Received: from mail.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.86]) by maia.hub.org (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.29]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 17324-02 for ; Sat, 17 Sep 2011 17:18:19 +0000 (UTC) X-Greylist: domain auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.8.0-rc2 Received: from sam.nabble.com (sam.nabble.com [216.139.236.26]) by mail.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E33E8B5DBE1 for ; Sat, 17 Sep 2011 14:18:18 -0300 (ADT) Received: from [192.168.236.26] (helo=sam.nabble.com) by sam.nabble.com with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1R4yWw-0007z6-7u for pgsql-admin@postgresql.org; Sat, 17 Sep 2011 10:18:18 -0700 Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2011 10:18:18 -0700 (PDT) From: kapuleto To: pgsql-admin@postgresql.org Message-ID: <1316279898238-4814207.post@n5.nabble.com> In-Reply-To: <1291122374205-3286033.post@n5.nabble.com> References: <1291122374205-3286033.post@n5.nabble.com> Subject: Re: Postgres service won't start, doesn't log any errors MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-0.767 tagged_above=-10 required=5 tests=BAYES_00=-1.9, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, T_TO_NO_BRKTS_FREEMAIL=0.01, URI_HEX=1.122 X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 201109/112 X-Sequence-Number: 38349 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.