On 23/01/2008, Arjan Bolmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The following bug has been logged online: > > Bug reference: 3895 > Logged by: Arjan Bolmer > Email address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > PostgreSQL version: 8.2.6 > Operating system: Vista > Description: Access denied > Details: > > I tried installing Postgres 8.2.6, everything went fine but then all of a > sudden i got the message "Acces Denied Cannot create user 'postgres'". > > Is there any way i can solve this or has this been fixed in another > version? > I have to use postgres for school so any way or another i have to make it > work.
With 8.2, you will need to disable User Account Control (UAC) in Vista before installing, and then re-enable it afterwards. Alternatively, use 8.3RC2 (which should be 8.3.0 in a week or so) which is capable or working around (or with, depending on how you look at it) UAC. Regards, Dave ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly