Installation of Python 2.3 on Windows 95

[Don]

donorr at fcc-online.org (Don) wrote in message news:<13cf45a4.0310191654.1d6e7081 at posting.google.com>...
> We have attempted several times to install Python 2.3 on a Windows 95
> system. Each time, at the end  of the install the following error is
> displayed:
> 
> Error in installer script.
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\FinishInstall.py", line 101, ApplyEntryPoint
>     apply(ep,args)
>   File "C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\FinishInstall.py", line 82, in
> DoCompileAllAndRegisterCOM FindDuplicates(mod,dir)
>   File "C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\FinishInstall.py", line 143, in FindDuplicates
>     import win32api
> ImportError:DLL load failed: A device attached to the system is not
> functioning.
> 
> On attempting to run PythonWin, we get the following error:
> 
> The application cannot locate win32ui.pyd (or Python)(1157)
> One of the library files needed to run this application cannot be
> located.
> 
> I have uninstalled Python, rebooted, reinstalled and the same thing
> keeps happening.
> 
> I have searched and searched for these errors and cannot find the
> problem.
> 
> Thank you in advance.
> 
> Don

Here's an update for those who have replied. We downloaded the latest
installations and uninstalled what we had. Howeever, the Win32
extensions do not cleanly uninstall. We reinstalled. Python 2.3.2-1
installs just fine. However the same errors occur with the
win32all-159 installation.

As for the suggestion to install as the administrator...this is
windows 95.

Some have suggested updating DLL files however, no specific DLL is
referenced in the error message.