postgresql installation failed

Question

I tried to install postgresql 8.4 in my windows 7 (64 bit). But it fails with following messages in log

Initialising the database cluster (this may take a few min         


        

Answer 1

There seem to be many reasons cause the installation fail.

In my case, I'm using Windows 10 home edition, which has no advance user group control, so a lot of solutions above doesn't work for me. And I guess this is why the installation fails.

What I do is just using BigSQL's installer instead of EnterpriceDB's installer,

Choose the second installer in posgresql download center

Or visit BigSQL directly.