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 -- Steve Holden +1 571 484 6266 +1 800 494 3119 Holden Web LLC http://www.holdenweb.com/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
