Animator Exporter Scene and Python issues

I have installed Blender 2.49b, and installed Python 2.6.6. Upon opening Blender, I get this in the console window:

Compiled with Python version 2.6.2.
‘import site’ failed; use -v for traceback
Checking for installed Python… No installed Python found.
Only built-in modules are available. Some scripts may not run.
Continuing happily.

I un-installed both Blender and Python, re-installed and re-booted. No success. I then un-installed everything again but this time I found a copy of Python 2.6.2 and tried that, still no luck…

When I open the Exporter Scene, and hit Alt-P to compile the script, I get a script error, and it highlights the variable “Pickle” in red… I am still running Python 2.6.2, and the compiler says to “Check the console.” Doing such reveals this:

Traceback <most recent call last>:
File “basic_exporter.py”, line 207, in <module>
ImportError: No module named pickle
Traceback <most recent call last>:
File “basic_exporter.py”, line 207, in <module>
ImportError: No module named pickle

Does anybody know how to fix this? Thanks!