Installation of Python 2.3 on Windows 95

[dewatf]

On 19 Oct 2003 17:54:10 -0700, donorr at fcc-online.org (Don) wrote:

>We have attempted several times to install Python 2.3 on a Windows 95
>system. Each time, at the end  of the install the following error is
>displayed:
>
>Error in installer script.
>Traceback (most recent call last):
>  File "C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\FinishInstall.py", line 101, ApplyEntryPoint
>    apply(ep,args)
>  File "C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\FinishInstall.py", line 82, in
>DoCompileAllAndRegisterCOM FindDuplicates(mod,dir)
>  File "C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\FinishInstall.py", line 143, in FindDuplicates
>    import win32api
>ImportError:DLL load failed: A device attached to the system is not
>functioning.
>
>On attempting to run PythonWin, we get the following error:
>
>The application cannot locate win32ui.pyd (or Python)(1157)
>One of the library files needed to run this application cannot be
>located.
>
>I have uninstalled Python, rebooted, reinstalled and the same thing
>keeps happening.
>
>I have searched and searched for these errors and cannot find the
>problem.
>
>Thank you in advance.

I can't help you but had the same problem. It is with the PythonWin
install not the python 2.3 install. 

    dewatf.