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Originally Posted by sookie
My computer runs on windows 7 and I'm trying to follow the directions mr. cabbage posted without much success. I gather that I must 1) download something called python 2) download something else called pycrypto. Upon downloading I run these two programs and hopefully (I think) some boxes and prompts will pop up requesting me to insert some keys (indeptkey/adeptkey) and voila- all my problems are solved?
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Well, hopefully.
Python is an open source programming language. The software that does the magic spoken of here is written in Python. Pycrypto.py is a Python program, and you need Python to run it,
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However, when I go and try to follow step 1 (let alone step 2,3,4 and 5) I can't find python 2.6 that is all the rage on this board. Python.org indicates there's a new version- python 2.7... yet there's like six options for this download (seen here: http://www.python.org/download/). I'm not sure which one, if this is the right version, to download. I don't understand this language at all! I can speak three languages but computer is not one of them... what is windows binary? windows amd? linux...?
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The default standard version of Python for Windows is the one from ActiveState. ActiveState makes their living supporting open source programming languages including Perl, Python, and Tcl-Tk. They sell supported versions, but also offer free "community" versions.
A Windows binary is an executable version of the program compiled to run on Windows. (Python is also available for Linux and Mac OS/X.)
Linux is a popular open source operating system designed to look and act like the Unix operating system developed 25 years ago at AT&T Bell Laboratories. It's comparable to Windows, and many folks prefer it to Windows. AMD is the name of a manufacturer of CPU chips. It's short for Advanced Micro Devices. AMD CPUs are "Intel compatible", and can be used instead of Intel Pentium chips. Whether you have an Intel or an AMD CPU will depend on what machine you have. The choice of CPU is made by the PC vendor. In general , Intel and AMD CPUs behave identically, and you don't care which your machine uses.
You can get the ActiveState Python version here:
http://www.activestate.com/activepython/downloads
They have the 2.6 release, as well as 2.5, 2.7 and the current 3.1 releases. You want the one labeled Windows Installer (MSI). An MSI file is a file in the Microsoft Windows Installer format. You should be able to simply double click on in, and Windows Installer will be invoked to install the software.
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Dennis