Garry Saddington wrote:
> I had a problem installing my software (which includes Postgresql) on
> a Windows 7 demo laptop last week. It turned out that accounts that
> are designated as administrator do not have enough privileges to
> install as a service. Without wishing to go delving into the config
> tools and wasting any more time I logged out and then back in using
> the Administrator account that came with W7 (no password - security,
> what security?), ran the setup again and everything worked fine. The
> services were then available to all other accounts.
quick and dirty way around that without logging out and back in...
right click the postgres installer, "Run as administrator..." and Yes to
the UAC popup that ensues, and after this it should install just fine.
Personally, I would make sure I specified a different directory for the
data (its quite possible you *have* to as \program files\ is restricted
in win7)