I have donwloaded numpy 1.8 zip version and I have python 2.7 and windows 7. When I do
python setup.py install
I get:
Q:\\Users
Compiling from source is somewhat tedious on Windows. I suggest you use precompiled installers, such as the ones from http://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/. Alternatively, you can install PIP, a python package installer (available from the same site, for instance). With PIP, package installation is simple:
pip install numpy
Had the same problem,
solved by installing MS Visual C++ Compiler for Python 2.7:
From here