Python on Windows

Install Python on Windows
 Go to http://python.org/download/ and download the latest version of Python 2.7 (2.7.1 at the time of writing). Unless you know otherwise, get the "Windows Installer" version, and not the "Windows X86-64 Installer" version. Start up a command prompt by clicking on the Start menu, clicking the "Run..." option, typing "cmd", and hitting enter. Test your Python install at the command prompt using the "-V" version flag:

\Python27\python.exe -V

You should see something like Python 2.7.1 (r271:86832, ...) on win32 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>>  To exit the Python prompt, type

exit

and press Enter. This will take you back to the Windows command prompt.