Re:

* Is this a Windows *server* version, or is it one of the newer desktop
OS's like Windows 8? Windows 8 seems to shut down rather fast, its quite
possible its not bothering to wait for services to exit.*

I face this problem in Windows XP and Windows 7 but not all windows XP and
Windows 7.
In Windows 8 and Windows Server no problem.

*It seems like Windows isn't waiting for the service to exit cleanly before
its pulling the plug.*

I think so, but I don't know how to solve this problem.

On Wed, Jul 23, 2014 at 12:20 PM, John R Pierce <pierce(at)hogranch(dot)com> wrote:

> On 7/22/2014 11:42 PM, Kalai R wrote:
>
> *why not use the installer, which sets it all up correctly for you?*
>
> In previous, I use installer. but I face more data corruption problem and
> also server starting problem when shutting down the system. so I try to
> install my self.
>
>
> *I think the problem is, you ran initdb as your user account, but the
> system service is running as the special system accounbt NETWORK_SERVICE,
> or similar, and there may be files in the data directory which the
> NETWORK_SERVICE account doesn't have write access writes to. you can
> probably fix this with the cacls command.*
>
> I think you are correct. But I want to know why database corrupted even
> though I shutting down the machine properly. This is frequently happen when
> I use installer also.
>
>
> It seems like Windows isn't waiting for the service to exit cleanly before
> its pulling the plug. Is this a Windows *server* version, or is it one of
> the newer desktop OS's like Windows 8? Windows 8 seems to shut down
> rather fast, its quite possible its not bothering to wait for services to
> exit.
>
> this error...
> *FATAL: could not remove symbolic link "pg_tblspc/17681": Permission
> denied*
>
> *CONTEXT: xlog redo create tablespace: 17681 "C:/GLOIER/gPRO/Data/GT" *
> suggests you're using a postgres tablespace ? I've not used tablespaces
> much or at all in Windows, I don't know how well they work.
>
>
>
>
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