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Problem installing/running

PostPosted: Thu Dec 11, 2008 2:38 pm
by pomop
I've had a number of problems with PostgreSQL/Poker tracker 3.

First, I had the following error:
Service 'PostgreSQL Database Server 8.3' (pgsql-8.3) failed to start. Verify that you have sufficient privileges to start system services.

I got directed to this thread: viewtopic.php?f=17&t=9249#p42721

I've followed everything until:
start->all programs->postgresql->start database
open up pokertracker 3
type in the password...it probably won't work yet and come up with more errors.

When I open pokertracker 3, click on continue free trial, there's a little box that appears, and it simply freezes there.

I am on windows XP, had NOD32 as an AV. I have disabled NOD32 and my firewall, but it didn't change anything

Re: Problem installing/running

PostPosted: Thu Dec 11, 2008 3:19 pm
by kraada
This error occurs as a result of anti-virus, anti-spyware, or anti-spam software not allowing system services to be installed. Disable these programs and attempt to install again. These issues have been known to happen with IE 8 Beta 2, NOD 32, Norton Antivirus, F-Secure Antivirus, ZoneAlarm and Spampal. Once PostgreSQL has been successfully installed you may reactivate your third-party software.

Re: Problem installing/running

PostPosted: Thu Dec 11, 2008 5:46 pm
by pomop
I have already disabled NOD32. I'll try uninstalling it

Re: Problem installing/running

PostPosted: Thu Dec 11, 2008 7:08 pm
by pomop
EDIT: YESSSSS. It WORKS. Just a little typo in the guide. it's createuser postgres, not create user postgres

Almost there.

I'm at this part:

Now try it. That solves it for most people, but you might a "role "postgres" does not exist" error next, as I did. The solution for this is to create the postgres user:
start -> postgresql -> command prompt
type in "create user postgres"

When I type in create user postgres, it says:
'create' n'est pas reconnu en tant que commande interne
ou externe, un programme exécutable ou un fichier de commandes.

in English, it means something like create is not an internal or external command, an executable programme, or dossier of commands. Or something like that

highfalutin