Installing Python 2.6 on Vista

[Fuzzyman]

Hello guys,

Not sure if this is a Windows question or a Python problem...

I'm trying to install Python 2.6 from the msi, on Windows Vista as an
administrative user with UAC on. If I try to install for all users
then I am told I don't have privileges to do that... (No UAC prompt.)

The only other user on the machine is the standard guest account, so
it isn't an issue, I just wondered why this would be?

Michael

 

[Fuzzyman]

There is a "Vista note" inhttp://www.python.org/download/releases/2.6/

runas /user:Administrator "msiexec /i <path>\<file>.msi"

Heh. Well it would, except the administrator user doesn't have a
password (purely a VM) and this is unacceptable for runas.

Michael

 

[Martin v. Löwis]

Heh. Well it would, except the administrator user doesn't have a

password (purely a VM) and this is unacceptable for runas.

There is, unfortunately, no other way to install Python 2.6 on Vista.
So your choices are really:
1. activate the Administrator account
2. disable UAC
3. go back to XP
4. go back to Python 2.5

Regards,
Martin

 

[Fuzzyman]

There is, unfortunately, no other way to install Python 2.6 on Vista.
So your choices are really:
1. activate the Administrator account
2. disable UAC
3. go back to XP
4. go back to Python 2.5

Regards,
Martin

It installs fine for 'just me', so no problem. I was just curious as
to why I couldn't install it for all users. Even for a VM I should
probably set an admin password.

Thanks

Michael

 

[Martin v. Löwis]

It installs fine for 'just me', so no problem.

It installs for 'just me', but it doesn't work. Just try starting
IDLE, or import the socket module.

Regards,
Martin

 

[Steve Holden]

It installs fine for 'just me', so no problem. I was just curious as
to why I couldn't install it for all users. Even for a VM I should
probably set an admin password.

The way I worked this was to run a command window as administrator and
then run the installer from the command line.

regards
Steve