Unable to install Python on my windows 8 PC

[eryk sun]

On 11/15/18, dieter <dieter at handshake.de> wrote:
> Prospero Akai <prosperogreat at gmail.com> writes:
>> I forgot to check the 'Add To Path' box while installing python from
>> www.python.org. I uninstalled then try to install again but I have been
>> getting this error message since then:
>>
>> one or more issues caused the setup to fail. please fix the issues and
>> then retry setup. for more info see the log file.
>>
>> 0x80072ee7-Unspecified error

This is an HRESULT error (i.e. 0x8???????) wrapping the Windows
subsystem (i.e. 0x8007????) error code ERROR_WINHTTP_NAME_NOT_RESOLVED
(0x2EE7, the server name cannot be resolved). Try installing the
offline version:

https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.7.1/python-3.7.1-amd64.exe

> When I remember right, then modern Python versions require Windows 10.
> Check the installation requirements for the Python version you try
> to install.

A feature release of Python supports Windows releases that have at
least extended support (e.g. free security updates) from Microsoft
[PEP 11]. Extended support for Windows 7 ends on 2020-01-14. Python
3.8 will be released on 2019-10-20 [PEP 569], so it's the last version
to support Windows 7.

Extended support for Windows 8.1 ends on 2023-01-10. I suppose 3.9
will be released mid 2021 and 3.10 in late 2022, so probably 3.10 will
be the last version to support Windows 8.1.

Extended support for Windows 10 ends on 2025-10-14. Depending on
release timing, the last version to support Windows 10 probably will
be either 3.11 (mid 2024) or 3.12 (late 2025).