someone else had this problem and fixed it, I cannot:
I recently installed NIS 2010, and now when I attempt to run Python IDLE, I get a message that says:
"Socket Error:Connection refused." and another pop-up that reads "IDLE's subprocess didn't make connection.... a personal firewall may be blocking the connection."
I set the python program to "Allow" under Smart Firewall but the error still showed up.
I am running Windows Vista and Python 2.4.4