Peter!
Windows services could be started and stopped manually! You need to change
setting of service to "Manual" and stop it. When you need you cen start it
manually and stop when you want.
Tovis
----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter Billen" <peter@clueless.be>
To: <pgsql-novice@postgresql.org>
Sent: Friday, July 01, 2005 10:19 PM
Subject: [NOVICE] Starting postgres 8.0.3
> Hello all,
>
> How can I start a postgres database in windows? The installation went fine
> (I
> skipped/disabled the service part, as I don't want it to run everytime
> when
> windows starts). I already tried calling "pg_ctl start -D
> c:/postgresdata/",
> but it says:
>
> Execution of PostgreSQL by a user with administrative permissions is not
> permitted.
> The server must be started under an unprivileged user ID to prevent
> possible system security compromises. See the documentation for
> more information on how to properly start the server.
>
> How can I add an admin? I can't find anything about that in the docs.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> --
> Peter
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