Re: Password and Installation

On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 10:30 PM, Andrew Maeng <amaeng87(at)hotmail(dot)com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I recently uninstalled PostgreSQL, and now am attempting to reinstall it on
> a Windows Vista OS. However, I don't remember the password that was used to
> install PostgreSQL before, and am prompted with "The password specified was
> incorrect. Please enter the correct password for the postgres windows user
> account."
>
> I'm guessing that PostgreSQL wasn't fully uninstalled previously, and there
> are still some registry files or data files somewhere? Can my old password
> somehow be retrieved?

No - it's a Windows user account, so the password cannot be retrieved
any more than your Administrator password can.

I don't know what the equivalent on Vista is, but on XP, open the
Computer Management tool under Administrative Tools, and you can reset
the password under the users section.

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Dave Page
EnterpriseDB UK: http://www.enterprisedb.com