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.
(ok, I'm on win7 64bit professional, but should be same difference).