>> I have a Windows 7 (64bit AMD) machine This is somewhat imprecise: is it a) that your CPU is AMD64, and thus supports 64-bit mode, or b) that *in addition*, your Windows 7 installation is a 64-bit installation, or c) that *in addition*, your Python installation is also a 64-bit installation.
Unless you have a specific need for 64-bit mode, I recommend that you use the 32-bit version of Windows (unless you have more than 4GB of main memory), and (even if you have a 64-bit Windows) you install the 32-bit version of Python on it (unless you have the need to access more than 2GB of objects in your Python applications. >> 1. Reportlabs / Pil 32 installers - I've tried using these but they >> can't find python. I also tried registering Python (http://effbot.org/ >> zone/python-register.htm) but this also fails. Install the 32-bit version of Python, and these installers should work fine. > Perhaps some expert on the python list knows which versions of VS > support 64bit; I do have VS 2005/2008 etc, but I'll probably need to set > up a 64bit machine to see if they will install on a 64bit architecture. For Python 2.6 and later, use VS 2008. This comes with an AMD64 compiler. You technically don't need a 64-bit Windows, as it supports cross-compilation (but you would need a 64-bit Windows to test it). I personally build Python on a 32-bit machine, and move the MSI to a 64-bit machine for testing. Regards, Martin -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list