On Oct 9, 2:09 pm, Thorsten Kampe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > * Mensanator (Thu, 9 Oct 2008 11:03:45 -0700 (PDT)) > > > > > > > On Oct 9, 12:36 pm, Thorsten Kampe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > * Mensanator (Tue, 7 Oct 2008 10:58:24 -0700 (PDT)) > > > > On Oct 7, 12:40 pm, Thorsten Kampe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > * Lawrence D'Oliveiro (Mon, 06 Oct 2008 23:18:10 +1300) > > > > > > In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Thorsten Kampe > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > * Lawrence D'Oliveiro (Sun, 05 Oct 2008 22:13:46 +1300) > > > > > > > >> In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Michel Claveau - > > > > > > >> NoSpam SVP ; merci wrote: > > > > > > > >> > Another way is to de-activate UAC. > > > > > > > >> Please don't be stupid! > > > > > > > > He's not stupid. Disabling UAC is the recommended way to get rid > > > > > > > of > > > > > > > these problems. > > > > > > > Disabling UAC is NOT recommended. > > > > > > YOU don't recommend it. I don't "recommend" it either - all the > > > > > people I > > > > > know (and this includes Microsoft techsupport people) do it anyway > > > > > without recommendation. > > > > > Be that as it may, it is still enabled by default, isn't it? > > > > > So advice that requires it to be disabled (or the Administrator > > > > account enabled) ought to mention such a pertinent fact, shouldn't it? > > > > The fact that it's enabled by default is totally irrelevant for the > > > advise. > > > You're talking about the wrong fact. The advice doesn't mention UAC. > > Michel's advice did.
Michel's advice isn't on the download page, is it? > > > Here, let me quote it to you: > > <quote> > > Vista Note > > Administrators installing Python for all users on > > Windows Vista either need to be logged in as > > Administrator, or use the runas command, as > > in: > > > runas /user:Administrator "msiexec /i <path>\<file>.msi" > > </quote> > > > Now, how relevant is the state of the Administrator account > > for this advice to work? > > I don't know. I do. > I don't care. I do. > I couldn't care less. Because I had to do it. > I say, ignore this advice and disable UAC. Fine. Can you then see to it that this is mentioned on the Python download page? > > Thorsten -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
