[Python-bugs-list] [Bug #129998] "Corrupt installation" when installed without admin privs

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Bug #129998, was updated on 2001-Jan-24 17:57
Here is a current snapshot of the bug.

Project: Python
Category: Windows
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Bug Group: Platform-specific
Priority: 5
Submitted by: tlau
Assigned to : mhammond
Summary: "Corrupt installation" when installed without admin privs

Details: On Windows 2000, when logged in a user without administrator
privileges, attempting to run the Python 2.0 installer results in a single
dialog box saying "Corrupt installation detected" and then the installer
exits.

This should be a more informative error message.  I downloaded the 5MB
installer three times before suspecting the correct cause of the problem. 
When the same binary is run as a user with the correct privileges, it
correctly begins the installation process.

Follow-Ups:

Date: 2001-Jan-24 20:07
By: tim_one

Comment:
I need someone else to confirm this (don't have W2K myself).  Mark?  If
not, assign back to me.  tlau, from where did you obtain the installer? 
Exactly how large is it?  (If it's not exactly 5811039 bytes, it's
definitely corrupt -- if it is that size, say so and we'll try an MD5
checksum next.)

The Wise installer produces the "Corrupt installation  detected" msg
itself, when it gets a CRC mismatch after checksumming its internal
components.  We have no control over that, and in every previous case of
this I know of it *did* mean the installer was corrupt.

If you're not logged in with admin privileges, what's supposed to happen is
that a box pops up telling you so, and asking whether you want to proceed
with a weaker installation, or abort the installation.  Testers reported
that the 2.0 installer did exactly that, on NT and W2K (it's not an issue
on 95, 98 or ME).

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