[issue2256] Install failure of 2.6a1 on Windows XP without VS8 installed

[Jim Kleckner]

Jim Kleckner added the comment:

I uninstalled and re-ran the install without the "compile all" selected.

The install didn't report errors.

running:
 python -c "import test.testall"
results in a traceback with the message:
      import _socket
   ImportError: DLL load failed: The system could not find the file
specified.

What sorts of things should I probe into?

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