Python 2.4 on Windows XP

[DavidHolt]

I have a problem that I see on two different machines, one running XP
SP1 and one XP SP 2.

On both I installed Python 2.4.

I can't seem to start IDLE. When I try to start it, I get an hourglass
cursor for a short time then nothing more happens. This happens whether
I click the IDLE shortcut or click the pythonw.exe directly, or attempt
to launch pythonw from a command line.

I don't have any trouble running the python command line version.

Any ideas?
Thanks,
David Holt
Software Developer
HighJump Software, a 3M Company