Thank you for your response. I installed python last week and it has been working fine until this afternoon. I will investigate the firewall prohibitions.
Pamela Wightley MARQ Services Tel: 040 089 2714 On 7 Jul 2014, at 4:49 pm, "Danny Yoo" <[email protected]> wrote: >> I need some help, I have no programming skills and am trying to teach >> myself python. I keep on getting an error message as follows: > > [content cut] > > It appears from the screenshot that you are running some version of > Windows that has software that's interfering with IDLE. As the error > message says, > > "IDLE's subprocess didn't make connection. Either IDLE can't start a > subprocess or personal firewall software is blocking the connection." > > I would believe the error message. The IDLE program is trying to > create a network connection, but fails to do so. > > Windows machines typically have a restrictive firewall that limit > certain operations. Do you know if you have a firewall running on > your computer? Note that there are other kinds of software that will > interfere, such as proxy network software. See: > http://bugs.python.org/issue14576 for an example of such interference > by an external piece of software. > > > Software installation is stupid-hard. If you are just starting off, > you might be able to use one of the "online" Python-based > environments, at least as a temporary workaround until you can resolve > your installation issue. See: > > http://repl.it/languages/Python > > It's not a perfect solution, but at least you may be able to start > doing simple experiments with Python without having to fight with > installation. _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - [email protected] To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
