[Python-Dev] Do windows 10 users, like windows 7 users need to install a SP before installing Python will work?

[Brett Cannon]

On Mon, 7 Dec 2015 at 12:51 Laura Creighton <lac at openend.se> wrote:

> As webmaster, I am dealing with 3 unhappy would-be python users who have
> windows 10.
>
> Right now their first problem is that when they click on the big
> yellow button here: https://www.python.org/downloads/
>
> instead of getting a download of 3.5.1 they get a redirect to
> https://www.python.org/downloads/windows/


Reported at https://github.com/python/pythondotorg/issues/863


>
>
> I've tried them on both the
> Download Windows x86 web-based installer
>
> and
>
> Download Windows x86-64 web-based installer
>
> but still no go, they get the  Modify/Repair/Uninstall screen
> like: http://www2.openend.se/~lac/5796.2.png
>
> I do not know how to help them now.
>

Did they have any previous installations? I'm not aware of any specific
version requirements.

-Brett


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