You need to change the PATH variable which designates the default directories
in
which the OS looks into  to find your programs......

If C:\Python20  is the name of the directory in which Python is
installed

type:

set PATH=C:\Python20;%PATH%

If you don't want to type this command each time you reboot your PC
you can edit the autoexec.bat file at the root of the file system...and
add
PATH=C:\Python20;%PATH%

I don't know at all Windows 2000....

In NT you can do START >  Settings > Control Panel > System > environment
and there you can set the PATH environment variable

check if this works with Win2000....


hope it helps...

Benoit


net spike wrote:

>  how do i set my system up so if i open a command promp and type python
>  it will start the python prompt? i run windows 2000pro if thats any help
>  thank you for any help you can provide
> 
>  Brian
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