Re: BUG #4646: Default password is patently absurd

Harald Armin Massa wrote:
>> that password is ONLY used for the Windows Service login, not anything you'd
>> ever see again.
>>
>
> Only when reusing the service account to do a PostgreSQL update... or
> when doing the not so uncommon "uninstall, reinstall" raindance fix
> for windows (which indeed helps if some bad application overwrote some
> DLLs..) :)
>


the postgres windows uninstaller probably should be offering to delete
the postgres user account when it deletes the service, since the
installer created that account in the first place.