Index: Lib/test/test_winreg.py
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--- Lib/test/test_winreg.py	(revision 82910)
+++ Lib/test/test_winreg.py	(working copy)
@@ -264,6 +264,8 @@
             DeleteKey(HKEY_CURRENT_USER, test_key_name+'\\changing_value')
             DeleteKey(HKEY_CURRENT_USER, test_key_name)
 
+    @unittest.skipIf(WIN_VER == (5, 0),
+        "On Windows 2000, value name cannot be longer than 260 ANSI characters")
     def test_long_key(self):
         # Issue2810, in 2.6 and 3.1 when the key name was exactly 256
         # characters, EnumKey threw "WindowsError: More data is