On 4/5/10, John R Pierce <pierce@hogranch.com> wrote:
> John R Pierce wrote:
>> 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)
>
>
> k, you HAVE to change the default dir, I went and installed to
> c:\postgresql\8.4 and its alive and running.
>
if that were the case, there is no way the installer would have got
through even basic sanity testing, never mind the barrage of tests
every release does go through successfully.
Can we see the installation log please?
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Dave Page
EnterpriseDB UK: http://www.enterprisedb.com