Fail to install Python 2.7.9 on a Windows google compute engine instance

Question

I fired up a new Windows google compute engine instance. It\'s running Windows 2008 R2, service pack 1.

I download and try running the Python .msi installer for ver

Answer 1

I reproduced your issue and I found two workarounds:

1. You can install python 2.7.6 successfully without further action.
2. If you need python 2.7.9 you can install it deselecting pip from the install menu. This seems to be related to this answer in another thread although in that case the issue is with version 3.4.