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On 9/11/2014 3:31 PM, osemen tosin wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> I tried installing Python and I could not continue without getting this
> error.
>
> "There is a problem with this installer package. A DLL required for this
> install to complete could not be run. Contact your support personnel or
> vendor package."

Which version of Windows?
Which version of Python?
Did you try re-downloading?
Are any versions already installed?
Do they run?
What *exactly* did you do?
What happened before the error occurred?
Did you run as admin or get the permission box?

-- 
Terry Jan Reedy