Installation on Vista (Was: ANN: ActivePython 2.6.0.0 is now available)

[Trent Mick]

Mensanator wrote:
>>> What about Vista? Do you need to use the Administrator account to
>>> install it?
>> My currently understanding is that the ActivePython installer will
>> prompt for administrator privileges if required. I know that if the
>> current user is a member of the administrators *group* (different from
>> being the "Administrator" *user*), that this is sufficient to install
>> and use ActivePython.
> 
> I'll have to try that, as it is NOT the case with the Windows
> installer
> from Python.org. Admin privelleges are NOT sufficient if you want IDLE
> to work. You have to use the Administrator account (which is disabled
> by default on Vista). If you have a way around that, then great.

I believe that IDLE ran just fine when installed as a user in the admin 
group.


Trent

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