Merged revisions 76358 via svnmerge from
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  r76358 | tarek.ziade | 2009-11-18 09:46:56 +0100 (Wed, 18 Nov 2009) | 1 line

  #7293: distutils.test_msvc9compiler now uses a key that exists on any fresh windows install
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diff --git a/Lib/distutils/tests/test_msvc9compiler.py b/Lib/distutils/tests/test_msvc9compiler.py
index 7382798..7cf1a12 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/tests/test_msvc9compiler.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/tests/test_msvc9compiler.py
@@ -44,17 +44,17 @@
 
         # looking for values that should exist on all
         # windows registeries versions.
-        path = r'Software\Microsoft\Notepad'
-        v = Reg.get_value(path, "lfitalic")
-        self.assertTrue(v in (0, 1))
+        path = r'Control Panel\Desktop'
+        v = Reg.get_value(path, 'dragfullwindows')
+        self.assertTrue(v in ('0', '1'))
 
         import winreg
         HKCU = winreg.HKEY_CURRENT_USER
         keys = Reg.read_keys(HKCU, 'xxxx')
         self.assertEquals(keys, None)
 
-        keys = Reg.read_keys(HKCU, r'Software\Microsoft')
-        self.assertTrue('Notepad' in keys)
+        keys = Reg.read_keys(HKCU, r'Control Panel')
+        self.assertTrue('Desktop' in keys)
 
 def test_suite():
     return unittest.makeSuite(msvc9compilerTestCase)
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index cc134d6..2e3dee3 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -137,6 +137,9 @@
 Library
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+- Issue #7293: distutils.test_msvc9compiler is fixed to work on any fresh
+  Windows box. Help provided by David Bolen.
+
 - Issue #2054: ftplib now provides an FTP_TLS class to do secure FTP using
   TLS or SSL.  Patch by Giampaolo Rodola'.