Python crashes when trying to import magicmock - BEX MSVCR90.dll cx0000417 exception and can not install new python

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1.python fitnesse_ommon_test.py
this script crashes python on the following line
"from mocks import magicmock"
2.I have tried to install the latest python but the installer fails with an 
error message saying a module could not finish properly. It may be similar to 
the error below but I don't see it.
3.

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
I expect the test to run.
Instead I get the following error
Problem signature:
  Problem Event Name:   BEX
  Application Name: python.exe
  Application Version:  0.0.0.0
  Application Timestamp:    4df4ba7c
  Fault Module Name:    MSVCR90.dll
  Fault Module Version: 9.0.30729.6161
  Fault Module Timestamp:   4dace5b9
  Exception Offset: 0002f72e
  Exception Code:   c0000417
  Exception Data:   00000000
  OS Version:   6.1.7601.2.1.0.256.4
  Locale ID:    1033
  Additional Information 1: e06e
  Additional Information 2: e06e90d90d3d7b7ad5d1f2bc8810b477
  Additional Information 3: c464
  Additional Information 4: c464c0de1aa4ee2ed8eb4b69c49f9089

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
python 2.7
Windows 7 x64
Please provide any additional information below.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by rjj...@gmail.com on 17 Apr 2014 at 4:03

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Python crashes when trying to import magicmock - BEX MSVCR90.dll cx0000417 exception and can not install new python #227