On Nov 17, 7:24 pm, Steve Holden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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.
Well, mine is the home version. I'll try the ActivePython version first as a regular user and see what happens. > > 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
