Accessing python from a network share in windows 7

[aj]

On Jan 9, 3:55 am, Anssi Saari <a... at sci.fi> wrote:
> aj <mailtome200420032... at gmail.com> writes:
> > I access python from a network share. This works fine on XP but on
> > windows 7 it throws the following error:
>
> > Python 2.6.1 (r261:67517, Dec  4 2008, 16:51:00) [MSC v.1500 32 bit
> > (Intel)] on
> > win32
> > Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
> >>>> import random
> > Traceback (most recent call last):
> >   File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
> >   File "t:\win32\python-2.6.1\lib\random.py", line 871, in <module>
> >     _inst = Random()
> >   File "t:\win32\python-2.6.1\lib\random.py", line 96, in __init__
> >     self.seed(x)
> >   File "t:\win32\python-2.6.1\lib\random.py", line 110, in seed
> >     a = long(_hexlify(_urandom(16)), 16)
> > WindowsError: [Error 127] The specified procedure could not be found
>
> > Is there some security policy that I need to enable/disable to use
> > python from a network on windows 7?
>
> Well, there was just a complaint about this sort of thing on a local
> newsgroup here. Specifically, someone was trying to execute a Windows
> program from a share and every time Windows 7 pops up a warning window
> saying that the program is maybe from the evil interwebby and are you
> really sure you actually want to run it. So probably that's the
> command line version of same.
>
> Solution is apparently specifying your server to be in the local
> intranet, in IE's security settings. Apparently there is a non-working
> autodetection for what is a local intranet, so specifying the server
> IP address by hand in the advanced settigns is the working solution.

Thanks for the suggestion Anssi. I added the server in the local
intranet settings for IE, but that did not make any difference.