I did not follow the past threads, but have you looked at what the event viewer has to report?
_____ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dee Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 8:36 PM To: pgsql-general@postgresql.org Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Install problem w/8.3 on windows 2000 : application failed to initialize properly (0xc0000022) Anyone have any suggestions? I have tried different versions and everything I can think of but have run out of ideas. It is frustrating. I really would like to use postgresql.. if I could only get it to install! ;-) Dee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I am trying to install version 8.3.0.1 on an old windows 2000 box I inherited. Firewall s/w is installed but disabled. I am logged in as a user with Administrative rights. When the installing gets to the step "Starting Services". It halts with the error ERROR: "The application failed to initialize properly (0xc0000022). Click on OK to terminate the application." .... _____ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try <http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=51733/*http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8 HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ> it now.