Обсуждение: Problem with postgres installation

I am trying to use the Windows installer for postgtes-8.0.3, for Windows XP
SP 2.  I had installed and de-installed it previously.  The install fails,
because the postgres user is defined on the system, and I do not know the
password.

The postgres user is not visible on the Windows User Accounts panel, so I
cannot delete it that way.  How can I get rid of the user so I can reinstall
postgres?

Thank you for any assistance.

--
Jim McMaster
mailto:jim.mcmaster@comcast.net

> -----Original Message-----
> From: pgsql-general-owner@postgresql.org
> [mailto:pgsql-general-owner@postgresql.org] On Behalf Of Jim McMaster
> Sent: 17 February 2006 02:32
> To: pgsql-general@postgresql.org
> Subject: [GENERAL] Problem with postgres installation
>
> I am trying to use the Windows installer for postgtes-8.0.3,
> for Windows XP
> SP 2.  I had installed and de-installed it previously.  The
> install fails,
> because the postgres user is defined on the system, and I do
> not know the
> password.
>
> The postgres user is not visible on the Windows User Accounts
> panel, so I
> cannot delete it that way.  How can I get rid of the user so
> I can reinstall
> postgres?

From a command prompt:

net user <username> /delete

Regards, Dave

On Friday, February 17, 2006 12:50 AM, Richard Huxton
<mailto:dev@archonet.com> wrote:

> Jim McMaster wrote:
>> I am trying to use the Windows installer for postgtes-8.0.3, for
>> Windows XP SP 2.  I had installed and de-installed it previously.
>> The install fails, because the postgres user is defined on the
>> system, and I do not know the password.
>>
>> The postgres user is not visible on the Windows User Accounts panel,
>> so I cannot delete it that way.  How can I get rid of the user so I
>> can reinstall postgres?
>
>  From the command-prompt the "net user" command should let
> you reset the
> password/delete the user (you'll need to log in as an
> administrator to
> do so). A bit of googling should find some step-by-step instructions.


Thank you.  That was the solution.

--
Jim McMaster
mailto:jim.mcmaster@gmail.com