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)? > That worked fine. > > regards > Steve > -- > Steve Holden +1 571 484 6266 +1 800 494 3119 > Holden Web LLC http://www.holdenweb.com/- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
