Alternative Ways to install Python 2.4?

["Martin v. Löwis"]

Michael Goettsche wrote:
> I convinced my CS teacher to use Python in school. We currently have 2.2 
> installed on a Windows 2000 Terminal server. I asked the system administrator 
> to upgrade to Python 2.4, but he didn't succeed in doing it. He used the 
> microsoft installer package, which according to him crashed when starting. 
> So my question is if there's an alternative way to install it(must be easy). 
> Would it be an option to remove 2.2 first and then try to install 2.4 again?

That would be an option, but I doubt it helps. Please have a look at

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

Most likely, you need to upgrade Visual Basic on that machine.

Of course, without a precise error description, it is hard to tell.

Regards,
Martin