IDLE Won't Start w/o Socket Error--Win XP

[W. Watson]

After simply trying to write a program with help(MakeQTE), a module, and 
having it fail with socket errors, I decided to restart IDLE, thinking I 
knew the cause. I'm now getting msgs like: "IDLE's subprocess didn't make 
connection. ... firewall may be blocking the connection." I doubt the FW 
connection. There's a small X warning dialog that says "Socket Error: 
Connection refused." Is there a way to reset IDLE?
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                          Wayne Watson (Nevada City, CA)

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