Installing Python on Windows Vista

[dakman at gmail.com]

Padraig wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Just a quick question... when I try to install Python on Windows Vista
> Beta 2 the installer seems to hang after I select the destination
> folder, saying that it will "return when it has finished calculating
> disk space requirements". I just can't seem to get past that step. I've
> also tried installing both 2.4.3 and 2.4.2 with no luck.
>
> Any help would be very much appreciated.
>
> Many thanks
>
> P

I've heard that Windows Vista has many restrictions on reading/writing
to the disk, perhaps you do not have an admin account?