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? It works without any issue on win7 if I copy python to my local drive. Also, accessing python from the same network share works fine on win XP. So I am suspecting some security policy of win7 that is causing problem while accessing it over a network share.

Hi John, Let’s continue discuss in the following thread. Accessing python from a network share in windows 7 Arthur Xie - MSFT