Mensanator wrote: > On Nov 17, 5:44 pm, Steve Holden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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)? > Nope. The Administrator account still shows up as disabled.
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