On 6/22/07, Dave Page <dpage@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: [snip]
Except the administrator account is disabled by default on Vista.
What do you mean? If you logon as an administrator then by default Vista drops a lot of priviledges, but you can get them back to execute a program that requires them by using the 'Run as administrator' right-click menu item (which is on the right-click menu for most things you can run, but not .msi's which is why you have to run them from an elevated command prompt). AFAIK, all the 'Run as administrator' menu item does is give you back your full admin rights if you are an admin (or else it will ask you for an admin user and password) and then run the program in that context. In any case, using an elevated command prompt has worked fine for me with the postgres 8.2.4 installer on 2 different Vista machines and has worked for other msi's that otherwise fail as well. Does it not work for you? DJ
