[docs] Bring Doc/using/windows up to date (issue 20265)

[Kathleen Weaver]

No problem -- I just was holding off on starting anything new until we got these bugs killed.  I'll work on it over the weekend.

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Subject: Re: Bring Doc/using/windows up to date (issue 20265)

I'm so sorry, I had a review half-finished a month ago, but I never got it posted.


http://bugs.python.org/review/20265/diff/11414/Doc/faq/windows.rst
File Doc/faq/windows.rst (right):

http://bugs.python.org/review/20265/diff/11414/Doc/faq/windows.rst#newcode46
Doc/faq/windows.rst:46: Command Prompt followed by (Admin).  You should be able to recognize when This isn't good advice, not all users will be able to use the Admin prompt (or necessarily have it available; I'm not sure about that though).  I've confirmed that the administrative prompt is not an absolute necessity for using Python on Windows 8+.

http://bugs.python.org/review/20265/diff/11414/Doc/faq/windows.rst#newcode75
Doc/faq/windows.rst:75: Python 3.4.0 (v3.4.0:bd8afb90ebf2, Sep 29 2012,
10:55:48) [MSC v.1600 32 bit (Intel)] on win32 Let's not lie about the revision id :). v3.4.0 is 04f714765c13, with a date and time of Mar 16 2014, 19:24:06.  Or we can replace the whole revision id with "default" (a current date would be good, though).

http://bugs.python.org/review/20265/diff/11414/Doc/faq/windows.rst#newcode131
Doc/faq/windows.rst:131: like ``C:\Python33``.  Otherwise you will be reduced to a search of your whole s/33/34/

http://bugs.python.org/review/20265/diff/11414/Doc/faq/windows.rst#newcode134
Doc/faq/windows.rst:134: installed in the ``C:\Python33`` directory (the default at the time of writing), s/33/34/

http://bugs.python.org/review/20265/diff/11414/Doc/faq/windows.rst#newcode137
Doc/faq/windows.rst:137: c:\Python33\python s/33/34/

http://bugs.python.org/review/20265/diff/11414/Doc/faq/windows.rst#newcode213
Doc/faq/windows.rst:213: number such as "33" for Python 3.4.
"33" should be "34"

http://bugs.python.org/review/20265/diff/11414/Doc/using/windows.rst
File Doc/using/windows.rst (right):

http://bugs.python.org/review/20265/diff/11414/Doc/using/windows.rst#newcode85
Doc/using/windows.rst:85: * Select Python through File Explorer Is "File Explorer" what "Windows Explorer" is called in Win8?  Also, how does this differ from "Find the Python directory and double click python"?

http://bugs.python.org/review/20265/diff/11414/Doc/using/windows.rst#newcode113
Doc/using/windows.rst:113: installer to choose it.  The alternative is manually modifying the :envvar:`%PATH%`.  See the Long line.

http://bugs.python.org/review/20265/diff/11414/Doc/using/windows.rst#newcode188
Doc/using/windows.rst:188: administrative rights):
Nix this parenthetical

http://bugs.python.org/review/20265/diff/11414/Doc/using/windows.rst#newcode190
Doc/using/windows.rst:190: #. Launch a command prompt with administrator rights.
s/administrator/administrative/

http://bugs.python.org/review/20265/