Re: New installation of 8.0 Beta1 Failed to create process for initdb: 1385

CAn you log off and log back into windows under the postgres account?

On Wed, Aug 11, 2004 at 12:17:42AM -0500, Chris Means wrote:
> Like I said, the "postgres" user id is there.
>
> If that doesn't mean it was created "successfully", what would I look for to
> know for sure?
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Mike G [mailto:mike@thegodshalls.com]
> > Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2004 12:07 AM
> > To: Chris Means
> > Cc: 'Mike G'; pgsql-novice@postgresql.org
> > Subject: Re: [NOVICE] New installation of 8.0 Beta1 Failed to
> > create process for initdb: 1385
> >
> > Ok,
> >
> > Did the installation successfully create the user account postgres?
> >
> > That is the account that initdb runs under.  Not sure if it
> > automatically deletes it if the install fails.
> >
> > Mike
> >
> > On Tue, Aug 10, 2004 at 11:58:17PM -0500, Chris Means wrote:
> > > Mike,
> > >
> > > Thanks for the response:
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: pgsql-novice-owner@postgresql.org
> > > > [mailto:pgsql-novice-owner@postgresql.org] On Behalf Of Mike G
> > > > Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2004 11:31 PM
> > > > To: Chris Means
> > > > Cc: pgsql-novice@postgresql.org
> > > > Subject: Re: [NOVICE] New installation of 8.0 Beta1
> > Failed to create
> > > > process for initdb: 1385
> > > >
> > > > [snip]
> > > > > Any ideas what's wrong?
> > > > Make sure you have administrative rights and not just a
> > power user.
> > >
> > > I'm confident that I have administrative rights, but to be
> > sure that
> > > that wasn't the issue, I logged in as the Administrator,
> > and received
> > > exactly the same error.
> > >
> > > FYI:  The "NT Service" userid "postgres" wasn't removed during the
> > > rollback, so future installs failed early until I removed
> > the previous
> > > configured user id.
> > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Are there log files anywhere for me to look at?
> > > > Check the event viewer in windows.
> > >
> > > Nothing additional there, just the same error message.
> > >
> > > -Chris
> >