Mensanator wrote: > On Nov 17, 6:26 pm, Steve Holden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> 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. > > Strange, I had to. Had you enebled it previously and assinged a > password? > I couldn't use a "runas" command without a password. I never tried the > Administrator-Disabled/Password-Assigned combination, only > > Administrator-Disabled/Password-Unassigned > Administrator-Enabled/Password-Unassigned > Administrator-Enabled/Password-Assigned > > the last of which worked. > > Or did you do something else, like turn off UAC? > Nope. I have, to the best of my knowledge, never touched the Administrator account, and I still have UAC turned on. This is Vista Business, which could (I suppose) make a difference.
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