With R2, I had to install using the admin account. I got those errors before. It worked once I used a admin account. If that doesn't work you might want to try turning UAC off, do the install and then turn back on.
Best Regards Michael Gould "Greg Corradini" <gregcorrad...@gmail.com> wrote: >Hello, >I'm getting 'service user account 'postgres' could not be created' when >using the postgresql-8.4.2-1 one-click installer (i also get the same >error with a new version of postgresql 8.4.8-1) > >So i know in the past (version 8.3.x) there were problems with Windows >Server 2008 R2 running Active Directory and postgresql around this same >error. I'm running into exactly the same errors as described here: ><a target="_blank" >href="http://forums.enterprisedb.com/posts/list/1516.page";>http://forums.enterprisedb.com/posts/list/1516.page</a> > > >After I get the error i cancel out of the installation, make sure there's >no postgresql install, make sure there's no postgresql service running, >blow away postgres user, make sure there is nothing in the registry and >reboot. > >I try to reinstall again and run into the same problem. > >-- >Greg > > -- Michael Gould, Managing Partner Intermodal Software Solutions, LLC 904.226.0978 904.592.5250 fax
