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

[Steve Holden]

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.
That worked fine.

regards
 Steve
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