Cannot install pytorch with Given Pip command SSL error

windows
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when running the command from the Pytorch website i get an error during install

WARNING: Retrying (Retry(total=0, connect=None, read=None, redirect=None, status=None)) after connection broken by 'SSLError(SSLCertVerificationError(1, '[SSL: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED] certificate verify failed: unable to get local issuer certificate (_ssl.c:1007)'))': /whl/cu118/torch/
Could not fetch URL https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cu118/torch/: There was a problem confirming the ssl certificate: HTTPSConnectionPool(host='download.pytorch.org', port=443): Max retries exceeded with url: /whl/cu118/torch/ (Caused by SSLError(SSLCertVerificationError(1, '[SSL: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED] certificate verify failed: unable to get local issuer certificate (_ssl.c:1007)'))) - skipping
ERROR: Could not find a version that satisfies the requirement torch (from versions: none)
ERROR: No matching distribution found for torch

I believe this is due to a security block from my company. is there any other way to install pytorch with cuda support? I am able to install pip packages without errors if im not trying to access a URL.
EG: pip install numpy
throws no errors

python version 3.10.11
torch 2.6.0
cuda 11.8
windows 11

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CC @malfet in case you would know if our cert is causing issues.

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In that case there isn’t much one can do there. Trying talking to them and ask adding download.pytorch.org to the list of exceptions. Or perhaps there is a corporate proxy sever one can configure to allow access to more web-sites.

You can try building from source or installing anaconda package, whenever it becomes available.

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