Did you remove the postgres user account before reinstalling?
On Wed, Apr 27, 2005 at 06:49:59PM +0100, Tom wrote:
>
> The following bug has been logged online:
>
> Bug reference: 1635
> Logged by: Tom
> Email address: thenrich@erdc.k12.mn.us
> PostgreSQL version: 8.0
> Operating system: Windows 2000
> Description: Failed to create process for initdb
> Details:
>
> I'm trying to reinstall PostgreSQL and during the install I'm getting the
> following error. Then it shuts down the install.
>
> Failed to create process for initdb: Logon failure: unknown user name or bad
> password
>
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