Re: pgadmin installation on Windows XP without administrator rights - Mailing list pgadmin-support

From Dave Page
Subject Re: pgadmin installation on Windows XP without administrator rights
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In response to pgadmin installation on Windows XP without administrator rights  (Robert Bruccoleri <bruc@stone.congenomics.com>)
List pgadmin-support
Hi

On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 3:18 AM, Robert Bruccoleri
<bruc@stone.congenomics.com> wrote:
> I am working at a location where I would like to test connectivity to a
> Linux PostgreSQL database from Windows XP, and it was suggested to me that I
> try using pgAdmin for that purpose. Unfortunately, I've run into a problem
> -- pgAdmin will not install on the Windows system without an administrator
> password, and I do not have adminstrative rights.

What error message do you get exactly, and do you know where this
password prompt is coming from (some site-specific package perhaps)?
The pgAdmin installer doesn't ask for a password, and Windows XP
doesn't have privilege escalation in the UI.

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