Python 2.7 import socket urllib fails to load, module not found

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Just installed python 2.7 and using with web2py.  

When running python from command line to bring up web2py server, get errors that python socket and urllib modules cannot be found, can't be loaded. This is not a web2py issue.

No other python versions are on the my machine.  Pythonpath has the requisite folders identified.

Would appreciate any insights as to what may be happening.

thanks in advance