Re: Service not starting: Error 1053

On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 7:01 PM, Frank Featherlight <dirtydude(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> Can anyone help please guys?
>
> I really need this program to work; it could save me alot of money.
>
> With kind regards, Frank.
>
> On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 11:40 AM, Richard Huxton <dev(at)archonet(dot)com> wrote:
>>
>> Frank Featherlight wrote:
>> > Hey guys,
>> >
>> > I had two running threads here:
>> >
>> > http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-general/2009-02/msg00859.php
>> > http://www.postgresqlforums.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=41&t=1574
>> >
>> > Both have not come to a succesful conclusion.
>> >
>> > In very short (but you better read the threads):
>>
>> I was trying to help Frank out on the -general thread and we've ruled
>> out antivirus etc. (complete uninstall) and my guess is that it's a
>> permission issue. Not enough of a Windows guy to know *which* permission
>> might be causing this though.
>>
>> > FATAL: could not reattach to shared memory (key=1804, addr=01700000):
>> > 487

It seems that you're not the only one to have this problem:

http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-general/2008-06/msg00833.php
http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-bugs/2008-09/msg00070.php
http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-bugs/2008-10/msg00150.php

What version of Windows is this, anyway?

What happens if you use this installer:

http://www.postgresql.org/download/windows

...Robert