John R Pierce wrote:
Garry Saddington wrote:
I had a problem installing my software (which includes Postgresql) on
a Windows 7 demo laptop last week. It turned out that accounts that
are designated as administrator do not have enough privileges to
install as a service. Without wishing to go delving into the config
tools and wasting any more time I logged out and then back in using
the Administrator account that came with W7 (no password - security,
what security?), ran the setup again and everything worked fine. The
services were then available to all other accounts.
quick and dirty way around that without logging out and back in...
right click the postgres installer, "Run as administrator..." and Yes
to the UAC popup that ensues, and after this it should install just
fine. Personally, I would make sure I specified a different
directory for the data (its quite possible you *have* to as \program
files\ is restricted in win7)
k, you HAVE to change the default dir, I went and installed to
c:\postgresql\8.4 and its alive and running.
(ok, I'm on win7 64bit professional, but should be same difference).
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