Why can't I get Python's urlopen() method to work on Windows?

Question

Why isn\'t this simple Python code working?

import urllib
file = urllib.urlopen(\'http://www.google.com\')
print file.read()

This is the er

Answer 1

Your code is not the problem here.

Do you have any Proxy settings in your IE?

This says the python documentation for urllib.urlopen:

In a Windows environment, if no proxy environment variables are set,
proxy settings are obtained from the registry's Internet Settings
section.