Re: PostgreSQL on Vista

Gurjeet Singh wrote:
> I would recommend creating rules in your firewall that let Postgres
> run and listen on sockets rather than turn off the firewall
> altogether. (The firewall rules _may_ not be the problem in your case,
> but you can still try)
>
> On an orthogonal note, I just disliked the UAC in Vista... For the
> first month or so I tried to cope with it, hoping that I'd get used to
> it, but it keeps coming in the way so much that I had to finally turn
> it off... now life's much easier.
>
> Best regards,
>
> On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 5:17 AM, Justin <justin(at)emproshunts(dot)com
> <mailto:justin(at)emproshunts(dot)com>> wrote:
>
> this new keyboard has problems, or i can't type ;-) .
>
> it should be off not of
>
> Justin wrote:
>>
>>
>> Dirk Verleysen wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I have been running a Postgres (8.2.4) on a Windows XP for over
>>> 3 months. Last week this machine died and I bought a new Vista
>>> machine today. Installed everything on it and a Postgres
>>> (8.2.7). The problem is that I cannot start the Postgres
>>> service. I keep getting the following error: FATAL: could not
>>> create any TCP/IP sockets
>>>
>>>
>>> Anyone has any idea what I can do ?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Dirk
>> turn of the firewall
>
>
>
>
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Good point

here' an article on how to configure vista's firewall.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb877967.aspx

Vista's firewall has been greatly improved its still a pain to
configure and gets in the way more than it helps.