Thanks Trent, you called it, it was an errant python24.dll left over from an old ActiveState installation.
Trent Mick wrote: [snip] > > It is possible that the python.org installer didn't overwrite the > "python24.dll" in the system directory (C:\WINDOWS\system32). Try doing > this: > [snip] -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
