Holdem Manager Question

I just installed Service Pack 3 on my computer and after rebooting went to open HEM and got this message.

"The following error occurred when trying to open the database: Failed to establish a connection to "127.0.0.1""

So, I clicked "okay" and the PostgreSQL connection manager opens up. I click on "connect" and then it gives me a pop up saying...

"A connection to PostgreSQL could not be made. Would you like to have Holdem Manager attempt to start the service?"

I click "Yeah, whatever" and another popup telling me that "Holdem Manager has started the service. Please try again".

So I do, and then it starts the vicious circle all over again!

What do I need to do here? Uninstall HEM and reinstall?

Whenever I get this i just keep clicking Okay or Next or whatever until eventually it says "Postgre has started the service" and then it says "Start Holdem Manager" on the bottom right side somewhere.

I had to manually start PostgreSQL from the start menu

Mase31683 said:

I had to manually start PostgreSQL from the start menu

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Okay, exactly how do you do this. This might be the problem.

Well the fact that the error indicated that there is a problem connecting to 127.0.0.1 indicates a virtual network error.

Certainly try restarting the postgresql

BTW I have PT3 not HEM but it should still be the same
start -> programs -> postgresql -> stop service

thean again but -> start service

Stu_Ungar said:

Well the fact that the error indicated that there is a problem connecting to 127.0.0.1 indicates a virtual network error.

Certainly try restarting the postgresql

BTW I have PT3 not HEM but it should still be the same
start -> programs -> postgresql -> stop service

thean again but -> start service

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Okay, tried this and that didn't work. Can I delete it and reinstall it? Is it hard to do and are there any problems that I need to watch out for?

Try this

http://www.holdemmanager.net/faq/afmviewfaq.aspx?faqid=34

Ugh, where did you find that, stu? I looked and even typed the dam thing in the search box!

Okay, well I'll try that and then if that doesn't work I'll just do a system restore and try to upgrade to SP3 later. Thanks.

LOL

man of many talents me!!

I worked in computing for years so am probably a bit better at phrasing a question in a way that gets an answer from google!!

Well, I tried that and I'm still not having any luck. I've got one more crack at something and then it's bye bye SP3!