On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 10:30 PM, Andrew Maeng <amaeng87@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > > I recently uninstalled PostgreSQL, and now am attempting to reinstall it on > a Windows Vista OS. However, I don't remember the password that was used to > install PostgreSQL before, and am prompted with "The password specified was > incorrect. Please enter the correct password for the postgres windows user > account." > > I'm guessing that PostgreSQL wasn't fully uninstalled previously, and there > are still some registry files or data files somewhere? Can my old password > somehow be retrieved? No - it's a Windows user account, so the password cannot be retrieved any more than your Administrator password can. I don't know what the equivalent on Vista is, but on XP, open the Computer Management tool under Administrative Tools, and you can reset the password under the users section. -- Dave Page EnterpriseDB UK: http://www.enterprisedb.com -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
