I have included a small script the reproduces the error I am having in
larger script.
The line 'hkey = _winreg.OpenKey (_winreg.HKEY_L OCAL_MACHINE,na me)'
seems
to be causing the error but im not sure why.
--------------------- script ----------------

import _winreg
import string

def reproduce_error ():

for index in
xrange(_winreg. QueryInfoKey(_w inreg.HKEY_LOCA L_MACHINE)[0]):...