On 11/04/11 1:07 PM, Jim Jackson (817) 233-2385 wrote:
The postgreSQL was a separate installation step that had to be done separately from the poker software load to support the poker software. After it was loaded it would not respond to the passwords that were provided so neither functioned. I did not bother with it for a while then realized I no longer have access to my files such as my Outlook.pst file that are in the Local Settings directory.
normally, postgresql creates and runs as its own special non-privileged user, typically called "postgres", and the only profile it would touch at all would be the profile for this "postgres" user (and, it hardly uses this). There's two levels of passwords involved, one for the system (windows) user "postgres", this password is only used to start the postgresql service in the windows service manager, and the other possible password is for the 'postgres' role within the postgresql database server (note that a SQL role/user is distinct from a system user, even if they have the same name).
*nothing* any postgres installer I've ever seen should affect your Local Settings or your outlook.pst files.
Now, I *have* seen Windows, when it gets particularly aggravated at something, decide that a user's profile is wonky, and go and create a new profile. if you were to look in the "C:\Documents and Settings" folder (on XP) or "C:\Users" (on Vista/Win7), you'd see like yourusername and yourusername.001 in this case, or something like that. Of course, windows does its best to keep you from even looking in there, as those are considered 'system folders' and they think they can keep stuff from getting messed up by hiding it from you. Doesn't make it any easier to fix when so much of the systems activity is hidden away. Sigh. this all conspires to make it really hard to help someone out remotely.
-- john r pierce N 37, W 122 santa cruz ca mid-left coast -- Sent via pgsql-bugs mailing list (pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-bugs
