Software - Vista UAC
Turn off UAC on Vista.
This step is only necessary if you are reinstalling everything including the database PostgreSQL 8.3.
The UAC on Windows Vista blocks you from making change to user accounts. When PostgeSQL database was installed it created a user "postgres". To remove PostgreSQL completely from Vista you need to also remove the user it created which cannot be done while UAC is running.
1) Start page
2) Control panel
3) User
accounts and Family Safety
4) Under user accounts, select add or
remove user accounts
5) Bottom of page, select "Go to the
Main User Accounts page"
6) Select the "Turn User
Account Control on or off"
7) Un-check the "Use User
Account Control to help protect your computer"
8) Restart
computer.
Deleting "postgres" user account from Vista
Now you can delete user by running the following command on the command prompt: net user /delete postgres
(Reverse the steps above after you run this command)
Assuming you are reinstalling - you should also remove Nautilus from Programs and Features and then delete directory C:\Nautilus before you reinstall. Do this AFTER you remove PostgreSQL database and it's user.
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