

PostgreSQL should now start and be listed in your Windows Task Manager.

Go Start -> Programs -> PostgreSQL 9.0 and right-click ‘Start Service’ and ‘Run as Administrator’. Windows Vista & Windows 7 (with UAC enabled) Go Start -> Programs -> PostgreSQL 9.0 -> Start Service. Windows XP, 2000 or Windows Vista & Windows 7 (with UAC disabled) If you do not see PostgreSQL in the list and installation completed without any errors then: If you installed the 64Bit version of PostgreSQL then you should see *64 after each instance of the PostgreSQL in the list. If you installed the 32Bit version of PostgreSQL then you should see *32 after each instance of the PostgreSQL in the list. If you see this then PostgreSQL is installed properly and you can proceed to run PokerTracker 4. Scroll down the list and make sure that you see several processes named postgres.exe. Under the Processes tab, at the very bottom, make sure that Show processes from all users is checked.Ĭlick Image Name to sort the list of running processes alphabetically. Only Windows Vista & Windows 7 (with UAC enabled)Ĭlick the Show processes from all users button. To check if PostgreSQL is running using the Windows GUI hit "CTRL-ALT-DELETE" to open the Task Manager. If no services are listed this means that the PostgreSQL service is not running. The window should now display all services that are running which contain the word Postgre. In the Command Line window that opens type net start | find "Postgre" and press Enter. Open a Command Line from the Windows Start menu by pressing Start, select Run, type " CMD" and click Enter. The fastst way to confirm if the PostgreSQL service is running is by using the Windows Command Lind interface.
