>> > > Does anyone know how to adjust the IPC settings in Windows?
>>
>>> There aren't any such settings in Windows, AFAIK.
>>>
>> Correct. The only real adjustable limit is the size of the Windows
>> pagefile, but that one is normally dynamic.
>>
> [Lee Keel]
>
> What if the page file exceeds the shared_buffers, but you can't increase the
> shared buffers to a larger amount? For example, page file is set to be
> between 500MB and 10GB, but you can't set the shared_buffers to more than
> 1200MB. If set to 1300MB or higher then service will not start.
>
> Please see "GEOS union() error" thread for more details.
>
> Thanks,
> Lee
>
(In the postgis-users list
http://postgis.refractions.net/pipermail/postgis-users/2007-November/017616.html)
-- Kevin