Spyder won't load after pythonxy Installation

If relevant, please answer to the following questions:
1. What version of Python(x,y) have you installed?
2.7.5.0

2. Which components have you installed (Python(x,y) installer:
componentpage):
I selected the "Recommended" component selection?

3. Have you selected the option "Customize installation directories"?
      No

5. Where did you install Python(x,y) itself?
a. default path

6. Have you installed Python(x,y):
     b. For "All users"

7. What is your operating system?
    a. Windows XP, SP3

8. Is the operating system 64 bit?
b. No

9. When you installed Python(x,y), were you logged in as :
b. an administrator of the machine

11. Regarding installed software on your machine, how did you clean your
machine before installing Python(x,y)  (multiple answers are possible):
b. you uninstalled any previous Python distribution (including the
official .msi)  - I don't know if I did the last part.

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1.  Reinstall Python (x,y)
2.  Try to launch Spyder from cmd line or from Python xy interface.

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
   I cannot launch Spyder.  I tried launching both from the cmd line and form the main Python xy interface.  When launched from the command line I get the string of complaints listed below.  When launched from python xy, it just doesn't load.

C:\Documents and Settings\Michael.MICHAEL-9391EE4>spyder
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Python27\Scripts\spyder-script.py", line 9, in <module>
    load_entry_point('spyder==2.2.0', 'console_scripts', 'spyder')()
  File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\spyderlib\start_app.py", line 72, in main
    from spyderlib import spyder
  File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\spyderlib\spyder.py", line 112, in <module
>
    from spyderlib.plugins.ipythonconsole import IPythonConsole
  File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\spyderlib\plugins\ipythonconsole.py", line
 31, in <module>
    from IPython.frontend.qt.kernelmanager import QtKernelManager
  File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\IPython\frontend\qt\kernelmanager.py", lin
e 9, in <module>
    from IPython.zmq.kernelmanager import KernelManager, SubSocketChannel, \
  File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\IPython\zmq\__init__.py", line 67, in <mod
ule>
    check_for_zmq('2.1.4')
  File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\IPython\zmq\__init__.py", line 51, in chec
k_for_zmq
    import zmq
  File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\zmq\__init__.py", line 35, in <module>
    _libzmq = ctypes.CDLL(bundled[0], mode=ctypes.RTLD_GLOBAL)
  File "C:\Python27\lib\ctypes\__init__.py", line 365, in __init__
    self._handle = _dlopen(self._name, mode)
WindowsError: [Error 127] The specified procedure could not be found

Thanks for any help!
Original issue reported on code.google.com by michaelj...@gmail.com on 22 Jun 2013 at 4:56
Merged into: #671
adirschlezinger / pythonxy

Spyder won't load after pythonxy Installation #673
