python-2.4.msi installation issue

["Martin v. Löwis"]

mirandacascade at yahoo.com wrote:
> My question is this: how do I determine what the error was that caused
> the installation process to end prematurely?

Please run

msiexec /i python-2.4.msi /l*v python.log

and post the resulting python.log as a bug report on
sf.net/projects/python.

In most such cases, upgrading VisualBasic helped, see

http://www.python.org/2.4/bugs.html

Regards,
Martin