Issue 1512604: Install on Windows Vista locks up (original) (raw)

This issue has been migrated to GitHub: https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/43552

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Created on 2006-06-26 11:15 by michael_lucas, last changed 2022-04-11 14:56 by admin. This issue is now closed.

Messages (5)
msg28915 - (view)	Author: Michael Lucas (michael_lucas)	Date: 2006-06-26 11:15
I have had problems trying to install this version on Vista. When the install gets to the verifying disk space requirements the system locks up. It does not go any further. I have to cancel the instalation of python. The only way I have got around this is to install an older version of python (version 2.3.5) this version does work, but there are newer versions that I want to work with on my system. If anyone has a work around for this please contact me at michael.lucas@us.army.mil
msg28916 - (view)	Author: Martin v. Löwis (loewis) *	Date: 2006-06-29 18:48
Logged In: YES user_id=21627 I can confirm the problem, but I doubt I can do much about it. In fact, I believe this is a bug in Vista/Windows Installer 4.0. The installer GUI waits for the CostingComplete property to be set, but this never happens. If you are a beta tester, please make a bug report to Microsoft.
msg28917 - (view)	Author: Pat Lathem (plathem)	Date: 2006-07-07 01:51
Logged In: YES user_id=661716 FWIW, this can be worked around by using the command-line MSI installer: msiexec /i python-2.4.3.msi TARGETDIR="C:\Program Files\Python24" ALLUSERS=1 /qb Found that here: http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2006-June/347402.html
msg28918 - (view)	Author: Martin v. Löwis (loewis) *	Date: 2006-07-07 05:08
Logged In: YES user_id=21627 That's actually no surprise: /qb disables the user interface, so that the problematic interaction is skipped entirely.
msg28919 - (view)	Author: Martin v. Löwis (loewis) *	Date: 2006-09-11 12:03
Logged In: YES user_id=21627 It appears that this problem has been fixed in Vista RC1. Closing this report as third-party bug.