windows installer problems

[saxicek]

Hi,
I'm trying to install Python on Windows 2000 Server using remote
desktop. I log as a user that is in administrators group. Instalator
starts, I select default installation directory, on the next screen
with parts to install I click just next. Than blicks screen with
progress bar but it is immediately replaced with screen informing that
installation failed. But there's no information why or what is wrong.
On remote connection I use 16 colors - can it be the problem?

Thanks for any help

sax

[Laszlo Zsolt Nagy]

sa*****@gmail.com wrote:

Hi,
I'm trying to install Python on Windows 2000 Server using remote
desktop. I log as a user that is in administrators group. Instalator
starts, I select default installation directory, on the next screen
with parts to install I click just next. Than blicks screen with
progress bar but it is immediately replaced with screen informing that
installation failed. But there's no information why or what is wrong.
On remote connection I use 16 colors - can it be the problem?

Please try to do the same using Start Menu/Control Panel/AddRemovePrograms.
Once I had the same problem and it turned out that when you start the
Control Panel, the terminal goes into a different mode where you can
install programs. Without that, you will not be able to add new
programs. I'm not sure why.

Les

[Trent Mick]

[sa*****@gmail.com wrote]

Hi,
I'm trying to install Python on Windows 2000 Server using remote
desktop. I log as a user that is in administrators group. Instalator
starts, I select default installation directory, on the next screen
with parts to install I click just next. Than blicks screen with
progress bar but it is immediately replaced with screen informing that
installation failed. But there's no information why or what is wrong.
On remote connection I use 16 colors - can it be the problem?

You can turn on logging when installing an MSI:
http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/doc...nstall_logging

The same instructions will work for the python.org MSI as well.

Trent

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Trent Mick
Tr****@ActiveState.com

[saxicek]

Thanks for help, I tried to install ActivePerl and have the same
problem so there's probably something wrong with the windows installer.
Unfortunatelly I wasn't able to find out where is the problem from log
file so I'll try to upgrade installer - the windows server installation
is quite old and not updated. :-(

sax