Hi Dave Thanks for the reply I shall try on this I have done that on xp and it has worked.
How ever the file generated is with 0kb. please suggest what next to be checked? 2009/5/4 Dave Page <dp...@pgadmin.org> > 2009/5/4 Kranti™ K K Parisa <kranti.par...@gmail.com>: > > Hi, > > > > I am trying to install the service (pgAgent) on windows vista and xp > > getting the following error > > > > D:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\8.3\bin> > > pgAgent INSTALL pgAgent > > 18:49:18: Error: Can't open registry key > > 'HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services > > \EventLog\Application\pgAgent' (error 5: access is denied.) > > 18:49:18: Error: Can't set value of > > 'HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Even > > tLog\Application\pgAgent\EventMessageFile' (error 5: access is denied.) > > 18:49:18: Error: Can't open registry key > > 'HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services > > \EventLog\Application\pgAgent' (error 5: access is denied.) > > 18:49:18: Error: Can't set value of > > 'HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Even > > tLog\Application\pgAgent\TypesSupported' (error 5: access is denied.) > > > > Please suggest/advise. Is there any simple exe file which could install > > this? > > Yes, pgagent.exe. You need administrative privileges to install > though. On vista, you may need to open the command prompt with the > 'Run as Administrator' option, even if your account has administrative > privileges. > > > -- > Dave Page > EnterpriseDB UK: http://www.enterprisedb.com > -- Kranti K K Parisa M: +91 - 9391 - 438 - 738 O: +91 - 4023 - 844 - 738 ------------------------------------------------------------------ " world will be different, if...... " ------------------------------------------------------------------
