I have windows xp operating system at my home with python 2.5 and same operating system with python 2.4 at my computer lab. While working in python IDLE suddenly this error message --socket error:connection refused-- pops up and then python IDLE does not work at all.To make it work again i have to reinstall it.
Is there any other solution to this problem. Please let me know.
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Jump to Postreinstall! Wow. I've gotten that message before, but rebooting is the most extreme solution to date for me.
It may be the case that your firewall is blocking connections to IP address 127.0.0.1, the internal loopback that Python uses.
If so, you can go into Symantec/Norton/McCaffee/whatever and …
Jump to PostIve had that happen to me. What you can do is go to your task manager and under "processes" close all python software then re-open.
I had to reinstall twice before I figured that out.
Jump to PostThis is lame! Is there a better free IDE? I'm sick of IDLE's issues.
Jump to PostIf you are stuck on windows, check out Notepad++
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