Harald, Thanks for the response.
>1.) you should prefer windows 2003 for your first PostgreSQL install > on windows. Installation on Windows 2000 is a lot more challenging. > BTW: main stream support for 2000 by Microsoft ended on 2005-06-30, so > unless you have contracts with MS for extended support... Yes, you are right. Unfortunately, I am stuck with an old 2000 box for the moment. Though hopefully I will move it to one with a newer o/s in the near future. > 2.) please be very carefull about the different permissions for > "INSTALLING" and "RUNNING" PostgreSQL on windows Understood > So, to drill down to your problem: > a) when did you get this error? During installation? That would point > more to problems with wrong version of installer, broken MSI-files.... The error occurs during the installation of version postgresql-8.3.msi (8.3.0-1). - I was logged in as a user with admin rights. Firewall s/w was disabled. - In case that was not sufficient, I also tried the installation while logged in as the Adminstrator and after completely uninstalling firewall s/w. The same errors occur. I have tried 2 approaches: 1) I accepted all of the default settings and allowed the installation program to create the windows-user postgres. An error occurs when the program reaches the status point "Starting services": "The application failed to initialize properly (0xc0000022). Click on OK to terminate the application." I have included a snippet from the installation log and a message from the windows event log below. 2) I also tried creating the local user acccount before the installation. - I deleted the previous windows account and created a new one - I granted the account "Log on Locally" and "Log on as service rights". - When I try and run the installation again, I receive the error message "Invalid username specified: A required privilege is not held by the client" ==== start: snippet from error log ============================================================== Action 0:17:48: StartServices. Starting services MSI (s) (BC:98) [00:17:48:875]: Executing op: ProgressTotal(Total=2,Type=1,ByteEquivalent=1300000) MSI (s) (BC:98) [00:17:48:875]: Executing op: ServiceControl(,Name=pgsql-8.3,Action=1,Wait=1,) StartServices: Service: PostgreSQL Database Server 8.3 MSI (c) (E4:E0) [00:20:45:062]: Note: 1: 2205 2: 3: Error MSI (c) (E4:E0) [00:20:45:062]: Note: 1: 2228 2: 3: Error 4: SELECT `Message` FROM `Error` WHERE `Error` = 2888 DEBUG: Error 2888: Executing the TextStyle view failed The installer has encountered an unexpected error installing this package. This may indicate a problem with this package. The error code is 2888. The arguments are: TextStyle, , Action 0:20:46: Cancel. Dialog created MSI (c) (E4:E0) [00:21:01:421]: Note: 1: 2205 2: 3: Error MSI (c) (E4:E0) [00:21:01:421]: Note: 1: 2228 2: 3: Error 4: SELECT `Message` FROM `Error` WHERE `Error` = 2888 DEBUG: Error 2888: Executing the TextStyle view failed The installer has encountered an unexpected error installing this package. This may indicate a problem with this package. The error code is 2888. The arguments are: TextStyle, , MSI (s) (BC:98) [00:21:20:843]: Note: 1: 2205 2: 3: Error MSI (s) (BC:98) [00:21:20:843]: Note: 1: 2228 2: 3: Error 4: SELECT `Message` FROM `Error` WHERE `Error` = 1920 MSI (s) (BC:98) [00:21:20:875]: Note: 1: 2205 2: 3: Error MSI (s) (BC:98) [00:21:20:875]: Note: 1: 2228 2: 3: Error 4: SELECT `Message` FROM `Error` WHERE `Error` = 1709 MSI (s) (BC:98) [00:21:20:875]: Product: PostgreSQL 8.3 -- Error 1920. Service 'PostgreSQL Database Server 8.3' (pgsql-8.3) failed to start. Verify that you have sufficient privileges to start system services. MSI (s) (BC:98) [00:21:20:890]: Note: 1: 2205 2: 3: Error MSI (s) (BC:98) [00:21:20:890]: Note: 1: 2228 2: 3: Error 4: SELECT `Message` FROM `Error` WHERE `Error` = 1602 MSI (c) (E4:E0) [00:21:20:890]: Note: 1: 2205 2: 3: Error MSI (c) (E4:E0) [00:21:20:890]: Note: 1: 2228 2: 3: Error 4: SELECT `Message` FROM `Error` WHERE `Error` = 2835 DEBUG: Error 2835: The control ErrorIcon was not found on dialog ErrorDlg The installer has encountered an unexpected error installing this package. This may indicate a problem with this package. The error code is 2835. The arguments are: ErrorIcon, ErrorDlg, MSI (c) (E4:E0) [00:21:20:890]: Note: 1: 2205 2: 3: Error MSI (c) (E4:E0) [00:21:20:890]: Note: 1: 2228 2: 3: Error 4: SELECT `Message` FROM `Error` WHERE `Error` = 2888 DEBUG: Error 2888: Executing the TextStyle view failed The installer has encountered an unexpected error installing this package. This may indicate a problem with this package. The error code is 2888. The arguments are: TextStyle, , Are you sure you want to cancel? ==== end: snippet from error log ============================================================== ==== start: event log message ============================================================== Event Type: Error Event Source: Service Control Manager Event Category: None Event ID: 7005 Date: 3/4/2008 Time: 12:20:50 AM User: N/A Computer: DEV Description: The LoadUserProfile call failed with the following error: Access is denied. ==== end: event log message ============================================================== --------------------------------- Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search.