>Check the event log on the machine running Subversion as a service. Any Subversion-related errors? Is the service on another machine (and if so, do you have any software which could be blocking the port (eg. ZoneAlarm))? Check the registry key I mentioned, it should be something like:
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>"c:\program files\subversion\bin\svnserve.exe" --service -rc:\Subversion_Repository
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How can I check the Event log?

The key is the same. I installed everything on the test server and this is there I'm trying it (through RDP from the local machine).

>Make sure the repository directory is correct, and make sure the name of the subversion repository directory is correct.
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>I'd also re-read the installation instructions for the service - make sure you typed everything correctly. It's >really< picky about spacing and case.
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>http://svn.collab.net/repos/svn/trunk/notes/windows-service.txt

I haven't typed anything yet so far except for the bat file (I typed it exactly as Rick showed with c:\Subversion_Repository.