Re: Postgres service refuses to start on windows

On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 2:39 AM, Roman Isitua <romanisitua(at)yahoo(dot)com> wrote:

> hello !
>
> I having an issue with my postgres database installed on a windows xp. For
> some reason, I can no longer start the postgres service through pgadmin or
> the services window. I get the following error:
> Error 1053: The service did not respond to the start or control request in
> a timely fashion.
>
> Any ideas ?
>
> Roman.
>

Sometimes the PostgreSQL logs for the current day have useful error
messages. If you did a regular install, they're probably in "C:\Program
Files\PostgreSQL\(your version - probably 8.3, 8.4, or 9.0)\data\pg_log".
You may be able to figure out what is broken from that. If you can't
decipher the message and can't find anything on a web search, post it here
and I'm sure someone will know what is going on. Good luck.

-Mike