Installing Python and distribute on Windows 7 gives “Writing failed … permission denied”

Question

I\'m on Windows 7 (which I fully admit I don\'t understand the permissions model of. I\'m reading about it in other tabs.) My user is an administrator. When I try to run \"

Answer 1

It seems that you have to use the "Run as administrator" option when opening the command prompt, because, as your wife says, "Windows is f****d". As you seem to also have discovered, turning off UAC is one way to avoid getting a UAC dialog when doing so.