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I've just reinstalled my OS and tried to install PT back onto my system. It says i need to install SQL and for this i need to be running Service Pack 1. I tried to download this and it has told me SP1 will not run on the version of windows i'm using. I'm using Windows Vista so i don't understand why there's a problem and it says this is what it should run on when i click to download.

PT says if i do not wish to install SP1 i can install an older version of SQL but the link it gives me to download PostgreSQL is broken. Any idea what i need to do to resolve this problem? Before i reinstalled my OS PT was working fine. I don't recall having this problem when i installed it originally.

See this web page (Microsoft) for how to get the latest service pack for Windows Vista.

I wouldn't recommend getting an older version of PostgreSQL - both the Windows service pack and newer versions of PostgreSQL have many improvements and fixes.

Okay i didn't realise it's Windows 7 that i installed and not Windows Vista. I've now installed Service Pack 1. I now have a new problem. When i tried to install PostgreSQL it came up with the following message part way through the install:

Failed to run initdb: 1!
Please see the logfile in 'c:\Program Files(x86)\PostgreSQL\8.3\initdb.log'.

The initdb.log file contained this message:

The application has failed to start because its side-by-side configuration is incorrect. Please see the application event log or use the command-line sxstrace.exe tool for more detail.

I used the command-line and this is what it output:

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I don't have a clue what this command-line is trying to tell me. Any ideas what the problem is and how to resolve it?

Thanks

Are you running 64 bit windows or 32 bit windows?

Running 64 bit. I made sure the Service Pack was for 64 bit.

Try installing PostgreSQL using this installer and it may work better for you.

Part way through the setup process it has asked me for a password for the database superuser (postgres) and service account (postgres)?

If PostgreSQL hasn't been installed before whatever you put in is what it uses. If it has been installed before try the following defaults:
dbpass
postgrespass
svcPASS83

Thanks very much for the help it's working now. Hooray!