John R Pierce wrote: > Harry Gold wrote: > > Hello im running Windows XP and removed an older version of Postgres > > using windows software remover, now when i try to install the newest > > one it keeps asking for a password from Superuser? Thanks > > go into Windows' "Local Users and Groups" in Computer Management, and > set a random password for the existing 'postgres' user account (its a > special very UN-privileged account, has only the priv to run as a > service), then tell the installer what that password is. Also, you can do: NET USER postgres /delete as an administrator. -- Bruce Momjian <bruce@xxxxxxxxxx> http://momjian.us EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com PG East: http://www.enterprisedb.com/community/nav-pg-east-2010.do -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
