Fixing Python instalation in win2000 by hand

[Sambo]

BartlebyScrivener wrote:
>>>Not sure if the .msi installers were broken before,
>>>but they are now (on this installation)
> 
> 
> Are you installing from c:\ ?
almost never
> 
> With administrator rights?
> 
pretty sure "YES"

> Check other requirements. It chokes if you are installing from another
> logical drive, e.g., d:\
> 
> http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/docs/ActivePython/2.4/installnotes.html
> 
> rick
> 

This problem is not limited to Python, Ja*va.* and MPLab.msi don't work either.
It was screwed up by some windows update , and never fixed by any additional 
updates.
Hmmm. I'll try from C: but.....