The following bug has been logged online:
Bug reference: 1506
Logged by: Roberto
Email address: ralabiso@hotmail.com
PostgreSQL version: 801
Operating system: Windows XP Professional
Description: too many postgres.exe processes on background
Details:
When I start up Postgre (installed as service during startup) y always have
4 postgres.exe processes on background.
Without having local or remotes connections (like external clients or
applications)after a few minutes i got more than 30 postgres.exe pocesses in
memory (run by admin 0% CPU and 60K of memory usage)
If i leave my pc on for hours instead of minutes, i got more than 200
postgres.exe bck processes