Brand new to Blender - issue with import

I am brand new to Blender. I created a 3-d residence in Sketchup, saved it as a Collada file, and am trying to import it into Blender to start learning/doing.

Everytime I try to import it, I get an error message that I need to download the full version of Python - which I believe I have done . . . . Am I missing something here?

I also went to Collada and downloaded the addon . . . .

Any suggestions?

I assume you are using blender 2.49b. Yo need the correct version of python. It tells you which version in the console window. I believe it should be 2.6x. If you are running a 64bit version of blender you will also need to install the 64bit version of python.

Thank you. I finally found the console window - and things should work now.