Re: Action requested - Application Softblock implemented | Issue report ID341057

Hello all,

Thank you for all your responses to my inquiry.
We are aware that this application version 8.2.x is pretty old and PostgreSQL will stop releasing updates for the 8.2.X in December 2011.
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.2/interactive/release-8-2-22.html

We also confirmed this installation issue was addressed in the latest version of the installer. (8.3.x and 8.4.x) However, we would like to warn endusers who might be affected by this issue trying to install 8.2.x versions on Windows8, and to direct them to install the latest version. You provided the following URL, but better yet is there a download site for the newer version we can direct endusers to?

http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/PostgreSQL_Release_Support_Policy

The dialog box presented to users will look something like this.

Would this download site be a good URL for that?
http://www.enterprisedb.com/products-services-training/pgdownload

Thanks again for your help

Regards,

Seiko Ishida
Microsoft ISV Readiness, EcoSystem Engineering Team
Program Manager
v-seishi(at)microsoft(dot)com<mailto:v-seishi(at)microsoft(dot)com>
Ref : 341057

-----Original Message-----
From: Dave Page [mailto:dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org]
Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2011 7:14 AM
To: Robert Haas
Cc: Heikki Linnakangas; Seiko Ishida (MP Tech Consulting LLC); pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org; ISV Readiness W8 bugs; Manmeet Bawa
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Action requested - Application Softblock implemented | Issue report ID341057

On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 3:04 PM, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com<mailto:robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>> wrote:
>
> That seems strange, since the MSFT guy is reporting that whatever he
> tested did work on Windows 7, but now that you've pointed out that
> Windows 8 won't be released until after we stop supporting 8.2, I am
> filled with uncaring.

It might have appeared to successfully install, but that doesn't mean it's setup the way we want it. For example, none of the administrative menu shortcuts in that version will do privilege escalation which is more or less required in Windows 7+.

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