Installation on Vista (Was: ANN: ActivePython 2.6.0.0 is now available)

[Mensanator]

On Nov 17, 5:44 pm, Steve Holden <st... at holdenweb.com> wrote:
> Trent Mick wrote:
> > Mensanator wrote:
> >>>> What about Vista? Do you need to use the Administrator account to
> >>>> install it?
> >>> My currently understanding is that the ActivePython installer will
> >>> prompt for administrator privileges if required. I know that if the
> >>> current user is a member of the administrators *group* (different from
> >>> being the "Administrator" *user*), that this is sufficient to install
> >>> and use ActivePython.
>
> >> I'll have to try that, as it is NOT the case with the Windows
> >> installer
> >> from Python.org. Admin privelleges are NOT sufficient if you want IDLE
> >> to work. You have to use the Administrator account (which is disabled
> >> by default on Vista). If you have a way around that, then great.
>
> > I believe that IDLE ran just fine when installed as a user in the admin
> > group.
>
> I found the only satisfactory way to install Python all-users on Vista
> was to log in as a member of the administrators group, run a command
> shell window "as administrator", then run the installer in that window.

Didn't you have to enable the Administrator account (which is disabled
by default in Vista)?

> That worked fine.
>
> regards
>  Steve
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