Andreas 'ads' Scherbaum wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> a friend of mine ran into a problem installing PostgreSQL 8.0.9 on a
> Windows XP Pro machine. Before anyone is asking: it has to be a 8.0.x
> version and we even tried to install 8.2 and it did not work.
>
> Ok, the problem is: after installing all the files the installer wants
> to init the db and fails with the following error:
>
> "Failed to create process for initdb: Anmeldung fehlgeschlagen: Dem
> Benutzer wurde der geforderte Anmeldetyp auf diesem Computer nicht
> erteilt."
>
> The german message means: "Login failed: a requested login
> type was not given to the user on this computer."
> Since the message was returned in german and the installer was
> started in english, the message is generated by windows.
See the FAQ at http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs.FAQ_windows.html#3.3
(question 3.3).
//Magnus
