Bug reference: 14976 Logged by: Mary Shevlin Email address: meadow117@gmail.com PostgreSQL version: 10.1 Operating system: Windows 10 Home 64 bit Description:
could not connect to server: Connection refused (0x0000274D/10061) is the server running on host "localhost" (::1) and accepting TCP/IP connections on port 5432? could not connect to server: Connection refused (0x0000274D/10061) is the server running on host "localhost" (127.0.0.1) and acepting TCP/IP connections on port 5432?
ENTERING PASSWORD DOES NOT WORK.
If the program is asking you whether the server you are trying to connect to exists it did not get far enough into the connection process to even attempt authentication (hence it wouldn't matter whether you entered the correct password or not).
The bug reporting list is not a good place to ask for help of this sort. Posting to pgsql-novice@lists.postgresql.org (pgsql-admin or pgsql-general would be alternatives) is preferred.
It would be good to indicate with what program you are attempting to connect (pgAdmin, psql, something else) and how (from where) you installed PostgreSQL.