Thread: BUG #5463: incorrect password when downloading/installing

The following bug has been logged online:

Bug reference:      5463
Logged by:          David Orr
Email address:      david_orr83@hotmail.com
PostgreSQL version: 8.3.11 or 8.4.4
Operating system:   Windows 7 Starter
Description:        incorrect password when downloading/installing
Details:

I have previously downloaded v 8.3.11 for use with a program called "Poker
Tracker 3" which uses postgreSQL as a database for online poker hand
listings. The program wasn't working correctly so I uninstalled it and
postgreSQL. I removed the user profile accounts the program had created as
well as doing an uninstall through control panel/programs.
I then tried a similar program called "Holdem Manager" whichruns postgreSQL
v 8.4.4. Again, there were problems with the program so I uninstalled Holdem
Manager and postgreSQL as described earlier.

Now, when I try and install postgreSQL (either 8.3.11 or 8.4.4) it says I am
using the wrong password and the instalation fails. The only password I have
ever used for both 8.3.11 and 8.4.4 is "dbpass". But it's not working when I
instal the program. I have never changed the password to anything else and
I'm not sure what's happening and why I can't instal the program.

Thanks, Dave.

On 19/05/10 09:40, David Orr wrote:

> Now, when I try and install postgreSQL (either 8.3.11 or 8.4.4) it says I am
> using the wrong password and the instalation fails. The only password I have
> ever used for both 8.3.11 and 8.4.4 is "dbpass". But it's not working when I
> instal the program. I have never changed the password to anything else and
> I'm not sure what's happening and why I can't instal the program.

This isn't really a bug (unless maybe it was in the installer) ... but
anyway, to get it to install you can probably just delete the `postgres'
user account. Do so through Control Panel -> Administrative Tools ->
Computer Management.

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Craig Ringer

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