My question is this: how do I determine what the error was that caused the installation process to end prematurely?
Please run
msiexec /i python-2.4.msi /l*v python.log
and post the resulting python.log as a bug report on sf.net/projects/python.
In most such cases, upgrading VisualBasic helped, see
http://www.python.org/2.4/bugs.html
Regards, Martin -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list