Using distutils in Windows XP / "Python in a Nutshell"

[Edward Elliott]

Blair LeGent wrote:
> error: The .NET Framework SDK needs to be installed before building 
> extensions for Python.
> 
> ...but the .NET Framework IS installed

Just a guess, but is the C compiler in your PATH when you run python?  I'm 
assuming python on xp still uses environment variables and not some 
windows-specific method for locating binaries.