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? > > 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
