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Author password issues
kerry

2005-11-20, 9:23 am

Magnus Hagander

2005-11-20, 9:23 am

> In an attempt to download the PostgreSQL, I inadvertantly
> choose to have a random password set. Since the random one
> was a mile long, I hit the back key thinking this would allow
> me to rechoose a password. Well, I was wrong, I have not
> completed the download, and I can not access it since I do
> not have the auto generated password. I tried to delete
> everything, reboot, then redownload, but no luck. It states
> that I already have an account and that my password is oncorrect.


This issue should be fixed in 8.1 - when you go back, you can change the
password, and the account isn't created until the db is actually
installed.

That said, your solution for this problem is to simply remove the
account (using net user /delete or the MMC snapin or whatever method you
prefer) and start over. The installer will detect that it's not there
and ask you to create it again.

//Magnus

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