Re: Unable to run PostgreSQL 8 beta 3 on Windows XP Home

From: "Magnus Hagander" <mha(at)sollentuna(dot)net>
To: "Ganesh and Sashi Prasad" <sashi(at)easy(dot)com(dot)au>, <pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Unable to run PostgreSQL 8 beta 3 on Windows XP Home
Date: 2004-11-14 13:07:02
Message-ID: 6BCB9D8A16AC4241919521715F4D8BCE476140@algol.sollentuna.se
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>Hi,
>
>I downloaded PostgreSQL 8 beta 3 for my PC running Windows XP
>Home. Before
>installing PostgreSQL, I first created a normal user called
>"postgres" with no
>administrator privileges. Then, when setting up the software,
>I specified this
>user to run under.
>
>Unfortunately, I could never run postmaster even as "postgres"
>because it was
>failing to find "postgres" under "Power Users". I have no
>Power Users on my
>PC, only Administrator and Normal users.
>
>Please ignore this bug report if the problem has already been fixed.

Please download and try beta4. There used to be issues with XP Home, but
I beleive they have all been fixed.

//Magnus

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