Обсуждение: pgadmin installation on Windows XP without administrator rights

I am working at a location where I would like to test connectivity to a
Linux PostgreSQL database from Windows XP, and it was suggested to me
that I try using pgAdmin for that purpose. Unfortunately, I've run into
a problem -- pgAdmin will not install on the Windows system without an
administrator password, and I do not have adminstrative rights.

However, I can install other software packages on this Windows system by
using my own directory on the C: drive, and presumably the registry
entries that other software uses are not system entries.

The error message from pgAdmin implies that I do not have the right to
install the software for all users on the system, but in this case, I
would be able to do my connectivity testing if the software was
installed just for me.

Any suggestions on what to try next?

Sincerely,
Robert Bruccoleri

Hi

On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 3:18 AM, Robert Bruccoleri
<bruc@stone.congenomics.com> wrote:
> I am working at a location where I would like to test connectivity to a
> Linux PostgreSQL database from Windows XP, and it was suggested to me that I
> try using pgAdmin for that purpose. Unfortunately, I've run into a problem
> -- pgAdmin will not install on the Windows system without an administrator
> password, and I do not have adminstrative rights.

What error message do you get exactly, and do you know where this
password prompt is coming from (some site-specific package perhaps)?
The pgAdmin installer doesn't ask for a password, and Windows XP
doesn't have privilege escalation in the UI.

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