On 04/11/10 16:58, Gavin Burrows wrote: > I have literally been researching this for weeks! Now I feel I have > reached a point where this has become an impossible task so I need help > from the experts please :] It sounds like you have Group Policy restrictions on password strength in place. You need to be more specific. PostgreSQL version, where you got it from, Windows version, is it on a Windows domain or standalone, etc. If you're installing on Windows 2008 server than there are password strength requirements in place by default. -- Craig Ringer Tech-related writing: http://soapyfrogs.blogspot.com/ -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general