Re: BUG #3416: User 'postgres' could not be created: access Denied

[Dave Page <dpage(at)postgresql(dot)org>]

Hiroshi Saito wrote:
> Hi.
> 
> From: "Shelby Cain"
> 
>> Hiroshi,
>>
>> Wouldn't it be better to start an elevated command prompt (right-click
>> command prompt -> run as admin) and run the installer directly from
>> the command line instead of disabling UAC?  Does that not work?
> 
> Ahh yes.:-)
> ex.)
> runas /user:administrator "cmd.exe"
> 
> However, Probably, HOME EDITION will be slightly complicated...


This is going to become my new pet-peeve isn't it? :-)

The Administrator account is disabled by default in new installs of
Vista (upgrades can be different), so this method most likely won't work!!

For those that require evidence, from
http://blogs.msdn.com/windowsvistasecurity/archive/2006/08/27/windowsvistasecurity_.aspx


"The built-in administrator account is disabled by default in Windows
Vista on new installations."

Or Google for "vista administrator disabled" and look at any of the
hundreds of relevant hits.

Regards, Dave.