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

It seems to be a dependency issue, please try to install "Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 SP1 Redistributable Package (x64)"