Re: new instance of postgres on windows

On 7/18/2013 3:48 AM, raghu ram wrote:
>
> The password you need to reset is at the operating system level. To
> do this on Windows, do the following:
>
> 1) Right click on the 'My Computer' desktop icon ( or if the icon is
> not on the desktop, open the start menu and right click on the 'My
> Computer' menu item)
>
> 2) Choose 'Manage' from the pop up menu
>
> 3) Expand the 'Local Users and Groups' folder
>
> 4) Expand the 'Users' folder
>
> 5) On the right hand side of the screen, you will see all the
> users defined on the system.
>
> 6) You can right click on the "postgres" user name and choose 'Set
> Password' and then change it to something else
>
> OR You can delete the user and then have the installer recreate the user.
>
> You will need to be logged into the computer as an
> administrativeuserto do the above.

which will break the existing install

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