On 03/01/2010 10:57 AM, Adrian Buehlmann wrote: > On 01.03.2010 10:45, Peer Sommerlund wrote: >> Hi. >> >> I have tried to install >> tortoisehg-stable-0.9.31233-x86-46fd41c0-926c-40c5-b642-7e73ad657ca6.msi >> on a fresh Windows XP. >> >> It works fine, untill it is about to finish, then gives me an error "You >> do not have sufficient privileges to complete the installation for all >> users of the machine.". >> >> Is it possible to install for just me (not all users), without requiring >> admin privileges? Maybe just a partial installation? > > No, admin is required (especially on such old platforms like WinXP). > > Windows XP lacks the MS CRT dll's needed by python26.dll and we want to > have them installed in C:\Windows\winsxs by the standard redist msn > merge modules from Microsoft. Installing these merge modules requires > admin privileges.
AFAIK it also works fine with the dll's and Microsoft.VC90.CRT.manifest placed right next to the python exe file. That _could_ perhaps be used as a fallback. /Mads ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev _______________________________________________ Tortoisehg-discuss mailing list Tortoisehg-discuss@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/tortoisehg-discuss
