Python installation breaks Outlook Express

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M. Laymon <mxlaym009 at hotmail.com> wrote in message news:<ikn30011doe8o972u0d67j1dvrjs2si1v8 at 4ax.com>...
> I just installed Python 2.3.3 under Windows XP professional.   After I
> did, my wife tried to access her email using Outlook Express and got
> the error messages:
> 
> Your server has unexpectedly terminated the connection. Possible
> causes for 
> this include server problems, network problems, or a long period of
> inactivity. 
> Account: 'incoming.verizon.net', Server: 'outgoing.verizon.net', 
> Protocol: SMTP, Port: 25, Secure(SSL): No, Error Number: 0x800CCC0F
> 
> Your server has unexpectedly terminated the connection. Possible
> causes for this 
> include server problems, network problems, or a long period of
> inactivity. 
> Account: 'incoming.verizon.net', Server: 'incoming.verizon.net',
> Protocol: POP3, 
> Port: 110, Secure(SSL): No, Error Number: 0x800CCC0F
> 
>  (No comments about Outlook, please.I have tried to get her to use a
> different email program, but she likes Outlook.)   I checked the
> settings, then recreated her account in Outlook, but nothing worked.
> My Mozilla Thunderbird email client worked fine.
> 
> Since the only thing I had done recently was to install Python.  I
> used system restore to go back to the point before installing Python.
> After I did, Outlook started working again.  Has anyone else seen this
> behavior ?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> M. Laymon

This has nothing to do with Python and posting the same question over
and over will not get a different answer.