Re: [GENERAL] Password and Installation
Hi Andrew, On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 12:10 AM, Andrew Maeng [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks Dave. I can't seem to find the SQL user in the user accounts though. All i can see is the asp.net machine account. Look for a user called 'postgres', not SQL. I'm guessing that this means that PostgreSQL is uninstalled, but I'm still unable to install PostgreSQL because I'm putting in the wrong password. The uninstaller doesn't remove the postgres user account because it doesn't have any way of knowing if you're using it for other tools or different versions of PostgreSQL. If the installer is reporting that the password is incorrect, that's because there's an existing account and Windows is telling us the password is wrong. If you can't find the account for whatever reason, another way of removing it is to use the command line tools. From a command prompt with administrator privileges, try: net user postgres /delete It *should* be shown in the computer management applet though - but the user accounts tool in Control Panel will hide service accounts (I assume that applies to Vista as well as XP). Regards, Dave. -- Dave Page EnterpriseDB UK: http://www.enterprisedb.com -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
[GENERAL] Password and Installation
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? Thanks, - Andrew _
Re: [GENERAL] Password and Installation
On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 10:30 PM, Andrew Maeng [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
