Re: installation problem with postgres password

From: Sachin Srivastava <sachin(dot)srivastava(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
To: KOTa <kota(dot)alba(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: raghu ram <raghuchennuru(at)gmail(dot)com>, rod(at)iol(dot)ie, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: installation problem with postgres password
Date: 2012-07-13 06:44:19
Message-ID: CA+RD+khEcWTtUibV9OMuGgP5CTSJTYL2v9GZvz=8k4sRPOubkA@mail.gmail.com
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Could you see anything wrong in the installation log?
(%TEMP%\install-postgresql.log)

On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 11:04 AM, KOTa <kota(dot)alba(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:

> postgres user does not exist yet, its a fresh new installation of
> windows 7 Home. New HP laptop.
> there is only my account (admin) and Guest
>
> i saw on internet someone had similar problem and this was resolved by
> removing HP protection tools tha was messing with policies, but i
> already removed it before.
>
> On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 8:02 AM, raghu ram <raghuchennuru(at)gmail(dot)com>
> wrote:
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 8:35 AM, KOTa <kota(dot)alba(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> >>
> >> that is what i though, but i tried many different combinations for
> >> password, and at least 1 of them should satisfy policy requirements.
> >> also my windows user password, which is accepted by OS and thus
> >> satisfies the requirements resulted in same message
> >>
> >> i did try to see what policy is active, but i am using win 7 Home
> >> Premium and i could find a way for this version to see/change
> >> policies.
> >> the only thing i found is by running "net accounts" from command
> >> prompt. which shows the following:
> >>
> >> http://gyazo.com/be1089b5f0a1ebe6b8037ad9322eac31.png?1342061599
> >>
> >> and those are very simple password policy which all combinations i used
> >> satisfy
> >
> >
> > Could you please try to reset the "postgres" user password in window7
> before
> > reinstalling the PostgreSQL. Below link gives more information of
> reseting
> > password in windows7
> >
> > http://pcsupport.about.com/od/windows7/ht/change-password-windows-7.htm
> >
> > Thanks & Regards,
> >
> > Raghu Ram
> >
> > EnterpriseDB Corporation
> >
> > Blog:http://raghurc.blogspot.in/
> >
> >
> >
>
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Regards,
Sachin Srivastava
EnterpriseDB, India

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