> Can anyone shed any light on what's up with this build of Python > 2.6.2?
You probably tried to install the 32-bit version of PyParsing; this cannot work with the 64-bit version of Python. You either need to obtain a 64-bit version of pyparsing, or install the 32-bit version of Python. HTH, Martin -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list