Windows

When you install PostgreSQL on Windows Vista, you should disable UAC(User Account Control) before installation. Please refer to Section 1.1.3 ( page) on how you can turn UAC off.

The simplest way for installing PostgreSQL is to use the PostgreSQL installer for Windows. The installer can be found in the win32 subdirectory on PostgreSQL download sites. You can find quick walkthrough of the installer steps on the PostgreSQL installer site(http://pginstaller.projects.postgresql.org/).

Hint : If you leave the "Crypto.Function" option off in the "Enable contrib modules" dialog, you will be prompted for the postgres password by tkDerm when encryption functions are required. If this bothers you, please turn the option on at the installation step of PostgreSQL.