Is Python portable/Can I install it on an USB Stick?

[Christian Heimes]

> Is Python portable?
> 
> Can I install it on an USB Stick?
> 
> Or is Python installing (at least on WinXP) services or register some DLLs or 
> write something into Registry?

Yes, a single user installation of Python is portable. An installation
for every user is not portable since it installs some DLLs in system32.
Some features and extensions are not portable, e.g. COM with pywin32
because they require registered DLLs.

Christian