Idle won't start
Kerry Neilson
kmneilso at yahoo.com
Mon Dec 15 10:57:47 EST 2003
Michael Hudson <mwh at python.net> wrote in message news:<m3vfoi9zap.fsf at pc150.maths.bris.ac.uk>...
> kmneilso at yahoo.com (Kerry Neilson) writes:
>
> > For the past couple of months, Idle won't start when I invoke it. I
> > am at a complete loss for why this is. When this happens, they python
> > command line still starts, and python works fine otherwise.
> > Most interesting to me is that a reboot won't fix the problem. But if
> > I just try it again sometime later it will work. Anyone have any
> > ideas? I'm running python 2.3 on windows 2000 professional.
>
> Do you have any firewall type software? Some Windows firewalls
> apparently believe trying to open a socket to 127.0.0.1 is a dastardly
> attempt to compromise your privacy...
>
> Cheers,
> mwh
No firewall.
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