User 'postgres' could not be created. the user account already exists

[nmstate]

This is the error i get right at the end of the postgres installer and then it rollsback and does not install.

THIS IS WHAT APPEARS WHEN I TRY TO OPEN HOLDEM MANAGER
A connection to PostgreSQL could not be made

[Al1]

Hi,

Reinstall postgreSQL but use "holdemmanager" (or what you want) instead of "postgres" for the username. Do it for every username.

The second error occurs probably because postgreSQL is not installed at all.

[Nick456]

changing the name to holdemmanager does not work either

it gives the same error!!

can someone help me further.

[morny]

havent seen a solution for this account lookup error yet but anyone that did solve it simply tried a different version of postgreSQL so try this version http://www.postgresql.org/ftp/binary/v8.3.4/win32/ and if that dosent work try version 8.2

If that dosent work maybe contact the guys on the PostgreSQL forum as theyd have more experience and might be able to find a solution

[Nick456]

a lot of the mirrors are not working i already tried ten of those
no im downloading v8.2.12

i will let you know if i works, thanks for your help so far


binary/v8.3.4/win32/postgresql-8.3.4-1.zip

[morny]

Try this one: http://www.holdemmanager.com/downloads/postgresql.zip

[Nick456]

it's the same installer as in my openingspost.

i filled in for account name and account domain: holdemmanager
and changed superusername to holdemmanager and filled in my password

i get the following error

user holdemmanager could not be created. THe user account already exists.

is this the forum you mentioned earlier do they have any experience with holdem manager or is that not important.

http://www.postgresqlforums.com/forums/

[SootedNinjas]

If you have a an existing DB on Postgres backup it up using pgadmin then uninstall via Windows Control Panel and then reinstall Postgres following the HEM faq. After a successful reinstall then restore Postgres DB.

[morny]

it's the same installer as in my openingspost.

i filled in for account name and account domain: holdemmanager
and changed superusername to holdemmanager and filled in my password

i get the following error

user holdemmanager could not be created. THe user account already exists.

is this the forum you mentioned earlier do they have any experience with holdem manager or is that not important.

http://www.postgresqlforums.com/forums/

If you get that message just change the username to something like holdemmanager09 or something different.

Also heres a few more alternative versions http://www.postgresql.org/ftp/binary/

[Nick456]

holla, no i get another error message

the following, i hope you can help me though

Two popups

first one:
Error
Internal account lookup failure

second one;
fatal error
installation ended prematurely because of an error