>> the reason I can't move to brand new installation is because I am missing >> sound drivers.
If I were you, I'd download the latest ActiveState version of Python from: http://www.activestate.com/Products/ActivePython/ I would install it from c:\ Who cares about sound drivers if all you want to do is get Python up and running? rd -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
