diff --git a/src/travis/windows-x86-before-install.sh b/src/travis/windows-x86-before-install.sh
index 11adcb03..73ad4a83 100755
--- a/src/travis/windows-x86-before-install.sh
+++ b/src/travis/windows-x86-before-install.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 echo "Installing Net-Framework-Core..."
 export mypath=$(pwd)
 until powershell Install-WindowsFeature Net-Framework-Core; do echo "trying again..."; done
-cinst -y --forcex86 python3
 cd ~/pybuild
 export exefile=Win32OpenSSL_Light-${BUILD_OPENSSL_VERSION//./_}.exe
 if [ ! -e $exefile ]; then
@@ -10,15 +9,16 @@ if [ ! -e $exefile ]; then
 fi
 echo "Installing $exefile..."
 powershell ".\\${exefile} /silent /sp- /suppressmsgboxes /DIR=C:\\ssl"
+cinst -y --forcex86 python3
+until cinst -y wixtoolset; do echo "trying again..."; done
 echo "OpenSSL dlls..."
 ls -alRF /c/ssl
 echo "c drive"
 ls -al /c/
 echo "Python dlls..."
 ls -al /c/Python37/DLLs
-cp -v /c/ssl/*.dll /c/Python37/DLLs
+until cp -v /c/ssl/*.dll /c/Python37/DLLs; do echo "trying again..."; done
 export PATH=$PATH:/c/Python37/scripts
-until cinst -y wixtoolset; do echo "trying again..."; done
 cd $mypath
 pip install --upgrade pip
 pip freeze > upgrades.txt
diff --git a/src/travis/windows-x86_64-before-install.sh b/src/travis/windows-x86_64-before-install.sh
index 7d632e0d..0a04610c 100755
--- a/src/travis/windows-x86_64-before-install.sh
+++ b/src/travis/windows-x86_64-before-install.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 echo "Installing Net-Framework-Core..."
 export mypath=$(pwd)
 until powershell Install-WindowsFeature Net-Framework-Core; do echo "trying again..."; done
-cinst -y python3
 cd ~/pybuild
 export exefile=Win64OpenSSL_Light-${BUILD_OPENSSL_VERSION//./_}.exe
 if [ ! -e $exefile ]; then
@@ -10,15 +9,16 @@ if [ ! -e $exefile ]; then
 fi
 echo "Installing $exefile..."
 powershell ".\\${exefile} /silent /sp- /suppressmsgboxes /DIR=C:\\ssl"
+cinst -y python3
+until cinst -y wixtoolset; do echo "trying again..."; done
 echo "OpenSSL dlls..."
 ls -alRF /c/ssl
 echo "c drive"
 ls -al /c
 echo "Python dlls..."
 ls -al /c/Python37/DLLs
-cp -v /c/ssl/*.dll /c/Python37/DLLs
+until cp -v /c/ssl/*.dll /c/Python37/DLLs; do echo "trying again..."; done
 export PATH=$PATH:/c/Python37/scripts
-until cinst -y wixtoolset; do echo "trying again..."; done
 cd $mypath
 pip install --upgrade pip
 pip freeze > upgrades.txt