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rckyu
09-28-2010, 12:40 AM
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/506136/diverse/couldnotinstall.png

Installation log.txt (http://dl.dropbox.com/u/506136/diverse/installationlog.txt)

A fresh MS Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit install and the first thing I did when I got it running was disable UAC, add exception in Windows Firewall (also tried disabling it) and edited etc\hosts file.

Tried both combopack from HEM and latest 9.x version from postgresql.org.

EDIT (WITH SOLUTION): Went to (Control Panel ->) Administrative Tools -> Computer Management -> Local Users and Groups -> Users and clicked on properties for Administrator where I unchecked "Account is disabled". Also set a password for the account.

Then I logged off my current user and logged into Administrator and ran the installation from that account, everything went smooth and now postgreSQL runs in my other account as well.

netsrak
09-28-2010, 05:30 AM
Thanks for the feedback and the solution. This is a new problem i wasn't aware of.

rckyu
09-28-2010, 06:55 AM
The only thing different from my last fresh install was that my name (user/) was my full name which has an ø in it. Everything else from setup, hardware was exactly the same (done 2 formats within the last 4 week due to other issues).

So either it had something to do with me using an ø in my username (not computername) or it's one of MS latest updates.

Got everything running smoothly with Kaspersky now, which I installed after HEM+postgres obv.

netsrak
09-28-2010, 10:08 AM
Yep, special characters in usernames will cause problems too.