Here is what I did and the response: c:\> c:\>ez_setup.py Downloading https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/s/setuptools/setuptools-2.0. 2.tar.gz Exception calling "DownloadFile" with "2" argument(s): "An exception occurred during a WebClient request." At line:1 char:1 + (new-object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadFile('https://pypi.python.org/packages ... + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~ ~~~ + CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [], MethodInvocationException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : WebException Traceback (most recent call last): File "C:\Python27\Scripts\ez_setup.py", line 361, in <module> sys.exit(main()) File "C:\Python27\Scripts\ez_setup.py", line 357, in main downloader_factory=options.downloader_factory) File "C:\Python27\Scripts\ez_setup.py", line 282, in download_setuptools downloader(url, saveto) File "C:\Python27\Scripts\ez_setup.py", line 169, in download_file_powershell _clean_check(cmd, target) File "C:\Python27\Scripts\ez_setup.py", line 152, in _clean_check subprocess.check_call(cmd) File "C:\Python27\lib\subprocess.py", line 511, in check_call raise CalledProcessError(retcode, cmd) subprocess.CalledProcessError: Command '['powershell', '-Command', "(new-object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadFile ('https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/s/se tuptools/setuptools-2.0.2.tar.gz', 'c:\\\\setuptools-2.0.2.tar.gz')"]' returned non-zero exit status 1 c:\> The parts in red were in red in my terminal window. I am on windows 8.1 and I am brand new. Less than a week ago, I installed Distribute because someone on Django Google Groups recommended it to me, along with virtualenv and pip. Then today - well, last night since it was a few hours ago - I found out Distribute is deprecated. So I am trying to follow the uninstall instructions but this is what I got. Just for kicks I ran it again just now - same result. Please help. I took time off from work Thursday and Friday to get all this set up have been at this all weekend only to be stumped again. And no, I do not have Django up and running yet. Thank you.