Hi my problem is this

Every time I turn on my laptop I have to go into services and restart postgresql. Its on automatic and starts up on its own regardless but I have to restart it anyway.

If I don't I get a message that the tracking client could not connect to the database.

I got the same problem with HEM and pokerhands so I know its a problem with postgresql.

As I play more hands and the database gets larger and larger it takes longer to restart in services. I got to about 25000 hands and it stopped starting, giving an error message that the service did not respond in a timely manner.

Has anyone else had this problem? Anyone know of a fix?

Thankyou

Its refusing to start again. I don't want to have to delete my database every time this happens

$5 on stars for anyone that gives me a solution that fixes the problem?

Are you on Vista? Is UAC turned Off? Do you have a firewall? Have you tried turning it off or setting exceptions to allow postgresql, poker clients, trackers, etc?

I don't know much about troubleshooting SQL, so I would personally export and backup all my hands and then uninstall SQL completely and reinstall it. Then rebuild my DBs by importing all the exported/archived HHs. I usually prefer the fastest/simplest solution, and then has worked well for me on my XP machine. I also reformat every 6 months just to speed up my PC.

You must *fully* remove PostgreSQL if you want to install it again.

- Uninstall from control panel.
- manually delete the Program Files\Postgresql folders
- run the command "net user postgres /delete"
- reboot.
- install again, as admin, with UAC off.