Ive recently downloaded and started getting the hang of the blender interface an i think im going to like this program. However something has happened to the basic script functionality of the program. I had installed python 2.4.1 and tried out a new Lsystem script i had downloaded. it worked fine a few times but now every time i load blender the other window that comes up with it gives the following error message

Using Python version 2.3
'import site' failed; use -v for traceback

I have no idea what this means or what is going on. I have completley re installed blender and python to no avail.

Do i need to use the 2.3 version of python? The lsystem script i downloaded says i need to use 2.4 but blender seems to want 2.3 is this the conflict? if so why did it work before and not now. I have also done the set Python path maneuver the websites say to do for windows XP machines right cliking on the my computer icon and set the environmental variables and so forth. still I cant figure out what I'm doing wrong and thought I'd seek assistance here.

Thanks
Chewy