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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Fellow Vipers,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Although I’ve written lots of Python code, I’m still
an embarrassed newbie.  Here’s my problem. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I’ve never been able to get ActiveState Python’s
PythonWin to observe the file referenced in the Windows PYTHONSTARTUP
environment variable.  <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Many thanks for pointing out the obvious to me<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><font size=2
  face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Gary</span></font></st1:place></st1:City><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><em><i><font size=2 face="Comic Sans MS"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>"Accept no assertions
without evidence."  </span></font></i></em><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>--Goompah wisdom from
"Omega" by Jack McDevitt--</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><em><i><font size=2 face="Comic Sans MS"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>"<a name=07>Nature is
complete because it does not serve itself.</a>”  </span></font></i></em><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>--"Tao
De Jing" by Lao Tze--</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

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