Re: BUG #6456: no password

On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 11:50 AM,  <tmpfs@hotmail.com> wrote:
> The following bug has been logged on the website:
>
> Bug reference: =A0 =A0 =A06456
> Logged by: =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0tmpfs1987
> Email address: =A0 =A0 =A0tmpfs@hotmail.com
> PostgreSQL version: 9.0.6
> Operating system: =A0 windows xp
> Description:
>
> I used the postgreSQL some time ago and it created an account on my windo=
ws
> folder, now I re installed it after downloading a more recente version, b=
ut
> now I can't finish the installation because it asks me about for a superu=
ser
> password that I don't know where to get, I tried the one from the website
> registration but doesn't work. thanks for your time

Just use the control panel to completely delete the postgres user, and
then retry the installer.  Or else change the password of the postgres
user to something that you know, and then use that for the installer.

--=20
Robert Haas
EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com
The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company