ntvdm problem on win2k

[Al Christians]

I started having some problems running python programs (python 2.3) from 
the Win2k command line.  I would get crashes with an NTVDM error.  Even 
just executing python would cause it.  I upgraded to python 2.3.5, and 
no difference.  When I rearranged my path to move cygwin and a bunch of 
other stuff (.net, etc) after C:\python23, the problem went away.

Is this problem known to anyone but me?  Any diagnosis, solution of 12 
or fewer steps, or support group?   If I'm distributing python programs 
(python 2.3.5 packaged with py2exe) should I warn or notify the 
recipients that this is a possible problem with the programs?

TIA

Al