
Any ideas..looks to be an issue with Python.

hyperforce
yeah i'm getting the same error.
I downloaded the new version of houdini 12.1.33 to upgrade from 12.0.683.
Downloading and installing an asset from the store worked fine for the previous version, but not for the 12.1.33 version.
PROGRA~1/SIDEEF~1/HOUDIN~1.33/python26;C
PROGRA~1/SIDEEF~1/HOUDIN~1.33/bin;C
PROGRA~1/SIDEEF~1.33/toolkit/bin;
PROGRA~1/SIDEEF~1/HOUDIN~1.77/python26;C
PROGRA~1/SIDEEF~1/HOUDIN~1.77/bin;C
PROGRA~1/SIDEEF~1/HOUDIN~1.77/toolkit/bin;C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Windows Live;C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Windows Live;C:\Program Files (x86)\NVIDIA Corporation\PhysX\Common;C:\Windows\system32;C:\Windows;C:\Windows\System32\Wbem;C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\Program Files (x86)\Toshiba\Bluetooth Toshiba Stack\sys\;C:\Program Files (x86)\Toshiba\Bluetooth Toshiba Stack\sys\x64\;C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Ulead Systems\MPEG;C:\Program Files\TortoiseSVN\bin;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Tools\binn\;C:\Program Files (x86)\Autodesk\Backburner\;C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\Shared