Обсуждение: Installation on Windows XP Home not possible

Uh, XP Home installs do actually work.  I did it myself this past
weekend on someone's computer.  It seemed to install fine.

The only reported problem we had was that someone installed it and after
they uninstalled, XP Home gave them no way to delete the 'postgres'
user.  The only solution was to use NET USER /DELETE.

What problems did you have?

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Stephen P. Christopher wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> After several frustrating hours (all weekend in fact) of trying
> unsuccessfully to install and run Postgres (version 8.01 binary windows
> installer from the Postgres ftp site), I have learned that it is not
> possible, primarily because Micro$oft, in it's infinite wisdom, has
> disabled all sorts of tools that would otherwise let me adjust user
> permissions as Postgres requires.
>
> I think it would be extremely prudent and valuable for the Postgres team
> to note this somewhere, as I haven't been able to find anything at all
> about it anywhere.  Right in the readme for the windows binary download
> would be a perfect place.  I was finally able to install it on a windows
> 2000 machine (it took me all of 10 minutes - oh that I would have tried
> that sooner instead of stubbornly thinking I could trick XP into letting
> me do what I wanted....).  This was not the wonderful introduction to
> Postgres I was hoping for, but we'll see where I can get from here.
>
> Also of note: I have created several databases in Access, and am sick of
> being limited and ending up with buggy applications.  Also, I have tried
> PgAccess, but have had no success in getting past the splash screeen.
> Interestingly, though, on my windows XP (where I can NOT run Postgres),
> PgAccess runs like a charm.  :(  Oh well.  If anyone has advice, it
> would be much appreciated!
>
> Peace,
> Step

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David,

If I get the chance I will try it on an XP Pro computer.  I am running
XP Home, also with all the latest service packs (SP2 included).  I
actually had deleted it, so this weekend I downloaded and ran it, again
with no problems.  So maybe there is some difference between XP Pro and
Home - but this would surprise me.  It seems strange that it also does
not work on Win 2K.  Perhaps you are right, there is some security
setting from MS that XP Home does not utilize or have?

I did use pgaccess a little this weekend, and it does look great.
Hopefully there will be continued development on this excellent
application!

-----Original Message-----
From: luckydavid@optusnet.com.au [mailto:luckydavid@optusnet.com.au]
Sent: Monday, April 04, 2005 6:45 AM
To: Stephen P. Christopher
Subject: Re: RE: [NOVICE] Installation on Windows XP Home not possible

Thanks Step,

I have now tried the .exe version 0.89 with the same result as before. I
am running XP Pro with the latest service packs. From your post I
suspect it is a security precaution for which I should thank MS.

David




> Stephen P. Christopher <Stephen_Christopher@metricvision.com> wrote:
>
> Hi David,
>
> What version of PgAccess did you find to run?  On the PgAccess wiki
> page, they've only got through 0.87 or 0.88, but if you go to
> sourceforge (google for pgacess sourceforge) they have a 0.89 version.
> This is the version that I was able to run on XP Home.  In fact, I
> just downloaded it and ran it again.  Note that I downloaded the .exe
> file, not the .zip file.  The splashscreen only lasts a second, then
> up pops the application!
>
> As for the other stuff you mentioned, I fear you are out of my league.
> I'm not even sure what TCL/tk is (blush).  I hope you are able to get
> pgaccess running, as it does indeed look like a promising program.
>
> Peace,
> Step
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: luckydavid@optusnet.com.au [mailto:luckydavid@optusnet.com.au]
> Sent: Sunday, April 03, 2005 5:11 PM
> To: Stephen P. Christopher
> Cc: pgsql-novice-owner@postgresql.org
> Subject: RE: [NOVICE] Installation on Windows XP Home not possible
>
>
> Hi Step,
>
> Sorry I can't give you any advice. I am hoping you may me bable to
> help me. I cant get PgAccess to run on windows XP.
>
> I have a mini intranet, Postgresql v8 running under Fedora core3, and
> the XP is a client which runs PGadmin3. Its an application development

> system and works great.
>
> PgAccess looks like a very useful utility, but as you put it I could
> not get past the splash screen. Responses from the forums were very
> disapointing. I put the problem down to the fact that I could not find

> a
> win32 dll for postgress v8. Did you find one or did you use the dll
> for version 7?
>
> I ended up installing a previous version of TCL/tk version 8.3.5
> because I could find a matching dll for the current version. Did you
> have to go to this extreme?
>
> David