Installing PostgreSQL 7.3.1 on windows 2000

I am trying to install the alpha version og pgsql 7.3.1 available at
http://techdocs.postgresql.org/guides/InstallingOnWindows on windows 2000.
The installation proceeds smoothly but I have the following problems:

1. At the end of the installation I briefly get the message: Administrator
unknown, invalid user. I also did not get a prompt asking for a password.
But I do have a user called Administrator in the group Administrators.

2. When I type pg_ctl start on the Pgsql command shell, I get the message:
$FATAL: File /data/PG_VERSION is missing. This is not a valid data
directory.

Would appreciate help. I am trying to understand the use of Pgsql to a fair
extent so I can introduce it in an undergraduate elective class here.

Thanks
Manish
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Manish Agrawal
Asstt. Prof., Dept. of ISDS, Univ. of South Florida
4202 E. Fowler Ave., CIS 1040, Tampa, Fl 33620 - 7800
(813)-974-6716 (W) 974-6749 (FAX)
magrawal(at)coba(dot)usf(dot)edu <mailto:magrawal(at)coba(dot)usf(dot)edu>
http://coba.usf.edu/departments/isds/faculty/agrawal/index.html

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