[Python-bugs-list] [ python-Bugs-416824 ] Python 2.1 installer freezes on Win 2000

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Bugs item #416824, was updated on 2001-04-17 13:27
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Category: Windows
Group: Platform-specific
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Xavier Lagraula (xlagraula)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: Python 2.1 installer freezes on Win 2000

Initial Comment:
My aim is to install Python 2.1 on a Windows 2000 
Professionnal (French) workstation.

The windows intaller works well until it show the 
screen where one can choose which parts of the product 
one wants to install (third window).

If one hit the "next" button without touching anything 
else, the installer will definitively freeze. Trying 
to stop it using the pop-up menu in the task bar will 
result in a few seconds pause, followed by an error 
window telling that the 16-bit subsystem has not 
answered in time to the stop request. The possibility 
is then given to kill it, eventually leaving the 16 
bit subsystem unstable.

I tried to download the installer from both the main 
site and sourceforge, to check if it came from a 
corrupted file. Same result.

The workaround is simple: just uncheck at least one of 
the check boxes, click "next", it won't freeze. Now 
click "back", re-check the check boxe, click "next" 
and... tada! It won't freeze neither. Now you can go 
on installing the whole package. Haven't thoroughly 
tested it yet, but seems to be working fine.

This problem is not really serious as one can easily 
bypass it, and as it doesn't involve the langage or 
the interpreter themselves. Nevertheless, it IS a 
bug...

Regards,
  Xavier


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>Comment By: Tim Peters (tim_one)
Date: 2001-04-18 02:47

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This is the only freeze report we've seen for Win2K.

Did you do something bizarre <wink>?  For example, we've 
had one-of-a-kind reports from people in the past who tried 
to install on NT or Win2K while logged in to a Restricted 
User account.  Were you?  Or were you logged in to an 
Administrator account?  Or were you logged in as something 
in between?

Could you try it on another Win2K (French) box?  We have a 
poor track record when it comes to fixing Microsoft's bugs 
for them, and in the absence of more info I have to assume 
it's a bug unique to the specific box you used.


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