Running PostgreSQL on a Windows Host
The PostgreSQL developers reached a major milestone with the release of version 8.0. Starting with that release, PostgreSQL now runs as a native Windows application (in prior releases, PostgreSQL relied on the Cygwin package to provide a Unix-like environment on top of the Win32 subsystem). PostgreSQL version 8.0 runs as a true Windows application. The PostgreSQL server (that is, the postmaster) now runs as a Windows service—you can start and shutdown the PostgreSQL service through the Windows Control Panel.
Installing PostgreSQL version 8 is remarkably easy. If you've ever installed a commercial database on a Windows host, you'll be pleasantly surprised by the simplicity of the new PostgreSQL-for-Windows ...
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