> Has anyone tried to install Postgres on Windows Sever 2003
> version R2? R2 is actually shipping as a 'new' Microsoft
> product- it's basically an interim update to Windows Server (
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/r2/whatsnewinr2.msp
> x <http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/r2/whatsnewinr2.mspx> ).
Not that I know of, but it's been on my list of things to try :-)
> I've installed Postgres on other versions of Windows with no
> problem, so I'm afraid that the error I'm seeing now is
> related to some great new 'feature' from Microsoft. Here's
> the error message returned by Postgres before install begins-
> Error binding the test network socket: 10013
That error means: An attempt was made to access a socket in a way
forbidden by its access permissions.
> Microsoft Antispyware has been turned off (closed the
> application) and Windows Firewall isn't running. There's no
> other AV or firewall software on this system yet.
>
> Any ideas on what might be going on?
It certainly *sounds* a lot like a firewall issue :-) I'd double and
triple check that. We've seen it several times before and it has AFAIK
always been a firewall.
//Magnus