Quoting Dave S <pythontut@[...].net> :

>  Turned out that I called the file 'memo.txt', Windows decided it was a
>  text file and it ended up as 'memo.txt.txt'. The windows display strips
>  anything after the '.', found the problem via dos :)

I recomment going to Windows Explorer ->  Folder Options and unchecking the "Hide
extensions for known file types" option :-)
 
>  Anyhow - When logged into 2000 as an administrator or user is there a
>  system variable that I can read to let the script know who I am logged
>  in as ?

If you have the win32 extensions, try win32api.GetUserName().

-- 
John.


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