The problem only seems to occur when importing the file and using it that way. It works the first time, but not the second, third, etc. If I run the same commands via the interpreter I have no problem.
I may end up looking into some other way of getting the list of processes....this is real screwy. I am going to try typing up that simple function into a new py file and put it on a diff. PC and try it. I tried my current code on another computer and had the same issue...but I am wondering if I start anew if it will help. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list