Pythonwin 2.5 will not install on a Windows XP laptop

[PaulHuffman]

I have a Windows XP laptop with ArcGIS 9.3.1 installed,  but pythonwin 2.5 wouldn't run.  Got "win32ui.pyd....The specified module could not be found."

I reinstalled from pywin32-210.win32-py2.5 from 9.3.1 media copied on a USB drive but at the last step of the install I got "Import error:DLL load failed:The specified module could not be found. ***runinstallscript:internal error 0xFFFFFFFF***" 

Tried uninstalling pywin and python 2.5,  then installing from 9.3.1 media copy python-2.5.1, numpy-1.0.3.win32-py2.5, and pywin32-210.win32-py2.5.  Same install error from pythonwin install.

This is XP so that Vista security problem doesn't apply?

PYTHONPATH is set to C:\Program Files\ArcGIS\bin, same as the other XP machines around here.

[ChrisMathers]

I use komodo edit as my ide. I really dont like pythonwin. Couldnt tell you why, just doesnt feel right. Try a different ide and see if it installs.