Installation oddity -- installer insists that PostgreSQL has failed to start, even though it is started and functioning correctly - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

<div class="Section1"><p class="MsoPlainText">Sorry about the HTML post, but I wanted to include the error form.<p
class="MsoPlainText"> <pclass="MsoPlainText">When trying to perform an upgrade with PostgreSQL 8.3.5 over 8.3.4, the
installerinsists that PostgreSQL has failed to start.<p class="MsoPlainText"> <p class="MsoPlainText">However, I can
seethe processes in memory (it has indeed started) and even attach with PG Admin III and perform queries.<p
class="MsoPlainText"> <pclass="MsoPlainText"><img height="165" id="Picture_x0020_1"
src="cid:image001.png@01C9497F.30DFB010"width="366" /><p class="MsoPlainText"> <p class="MsoPlainText">PG Admin III
confirmsthe version string as:<p class="MsoPlainText">PostgreSQL 8.3.5, compiled by Visual C++ build 1400.<p
class="MsoPlainText"> <pclass="MsoPlainText">My machine has the following parameters:<p class="MsoPlainText"> <p
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class="MsoPlainText">CrystalCPUIDPure x64 Edition 4.15.2.451 (C) 2002-2008 hiyohiyo<p
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class="MsoPlainText">            OS : Windows Server 2008 Server Standard Edition (full installation) SP1 [ 6.0 Build
6001]<p class="MsoPlainText">           Date : 2008/11/18 13:11:48<p class="MsoPlainText"> <p
class="MsoPlainText">      CPU Name : Intel Core 2 Extreme (Yorkfield)<p class="MsoPlainText">  Vendor String :
GenuineIntel<pclass="MsoPlainText">    Name String : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Extreme CPU X9650  @ 3.00GHz<p
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Platform: LGA775 [4]<p class="MsoPlainText">       CPU Type : Original OEM processor [0]<p class="MsoPlainText"> Number
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VTIntel 64<p class="MsoPlainText">PowerManagement : SpeedStep<p class="MsoPlainText"> <p
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MHz    3000.00 MHz<p class="MsoPlainText">   System Clock :  332.49 MHz      333.33 MHz<p class="MsoPlainText">    
SystemBus : 1329.98 MHz     1333.33 MHz<p class="MsoPlainText">     Multiplier :    9.00            9.00<p
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MB<pclass="MsoPlainText"> <p class="MsoPlainText">       CPUID    : EAX      EBX      ECX      EDX<p
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0000000100000002 00000001 00000000<p class="MsoPlainText">       00000007 : 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000<p
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0000000000000000 00000000 00000000<p class="MsoPlainText">       0000000A : 07280202 00000000 00000000 00000503<p
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0000000000000000 00000001 20100800<p class="MsoPlainText">       80000002 : 65746E49 2952286C 726F4320 4D542865<p
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0000000000000000 00000000 00000000<p class="MsoPlainText">       80000008 : 00003024 00000000 00000000 00000000<p
class="MsoPlainText"> <pclass="MsoPlainText">       MSR      : EAX1     EDX1     EAX2     EDX2<p
class="MsoPlainText">               : 42480800 00000000 88C4091F 0C100000<p class="MsoPlainText">       QPF      :
14.318180MHz<p class="MsoPlainText"> <p
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Unknown<pclass="MsoPlainText">   South Bridge : [8086:2916.02] Intel 82801IR (ICH9R)<p class="MsoPlainText">     Video
Chip: [10DE:040E.A1] NVIDIA Unknown<p class="MsoPlainText"> <p
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Informationby WMI (Windows Management Interface)<p
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