Installing PostgreSQL on Windows

Question

I'm in a bit of a mess here. I installed PostgreSQL on my Vista computer a couple of days ago but then when asked to enter the password for the postgre user account I couldn't remember it (allegedly I was asked during setup but I don't remember that).

Anyway, so I uninstalled Pg with the intention of reinstalling it, removed the user account, it's /Users/ directory and it's special privelleges ("Advanced user profile properties") but when I come to install Pg it seems to think the account still exists as when I supply a password during setup it says that it is not the correct password - meaning that the account still exists somewhere.

Is there anyway I can recover this?

Answer 1

Go to Control Panel -> Administrative Tools -> Computer Management. There under "Local Users and Groups" you can see all users created for your system. Remove "postgres" and reinstall PostgreSQL.

Answer 2

Open a command prompt with the administrator rights. i.e. Right click on command prompt icon -> Run as Administrator

Use the following command to change the password:

!important: CASE and SHOULD BE RUNNING AS ADMINISTRATOR

NET USER postgres <NEW_PASSWORD>  

Answer 3

On Vista you can go to Control Panel -> User Accounts -> Manage Another Accounts then select user postgres, change the password if you forget your last password.