Hi Matt, Enjoyed your list options :)
I'm a consultant and have to do what your subject line asks at most clients I work at. Here's the technique I recommend: Install Python for the ***current user*** on another workstation with the appropriate priviledges. Then xcopy this Python folder to a USB drive. Then xcopy this folder from your USB drive to a matching folder on your locked down workstation. The xcopy-ed version of Python will run without problems when you start the python.exe executable from a command line with a python script as a command line parameter. The only thing you won't be able to do is click on .py* files and have them automatically invoke the Python interpreter because file associations require admin rights to update the registery. I don't consider this a big deal. Good luck! Malcolm
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