title: "import wx" fails after installation of wxPython on Windows XP
body: <p>I downloaded and installed this version of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WxPython" rel="nofollow noreferrer">wxPython</a> for use with my Python 2.6 installation:</p>
  
  <p><a href="http://downloads.sourceforge.net/wxpython/wxPython2.8-win32-unicode-2.8.9.1-py26.exe" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://downloads.sourceforge.net/wxpython/wxPython2.8-win32-unicode-2.8.9.1-py26.exe</a></p>
  
  <p>When I run Python and try to import wx, I get the following error:</p>
  
  <pre><code>C:\Program Files\Console2&gt;python
  Python 2.6 (r26:66721, Oct  2 2008, 11:35:03) [MSC v.1500 32 bit (Intel)] on win32
  Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
  &gt;&gt;&gt; import wx
  Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "&lt;stdin&gt;", line 1, in &lt;module&gt;
    File "c:\Python26\lib\site-packages\wx-2.8-msw-unicode\wx\__init__.py", line 45, in &lt;module&gt;
      from wx._core import *
    File "c:\Python26\lib\site-packages\wx-2.8-msw-unicode\wx\_core.py", line 4, in &lt;module&gt;
      import _core_
  ImportError: DLL load failed: This application has failed to start because the application configuration is incorrect. Reinstalling the application may fix this problem.
  &gt;&gt;&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I have already tried removing wxPython and installing again and I got the same error.  How can I fix this problem?</p>