diff --git a/Lib/test/test_tcl.py b/Lib/test/test_tcl.py
--- a/Lib/test/test_tcl.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_tcl.py
@@ -149,7 +149,14 @@
             env.unset("TCL_LIBRARY")
             cmd = '%s -c "import Tkinter; print Tkinter"' % (unc_name,)
 
-            p = Popen(cmd, stdout=PIPE, stderr=PIPE)
+            try:
+                p = Popen(cmd, stdout=PIPE, stderr=PIPE)
+            except WindowsError as e:
+                if e.winerror == 5:
+                    self.skipTest('Not permitted to start the child process')
+                else:
+                    raise
+
             out_data, err_data = p.communicate()
 
             msg = '\n\n'.join(['"Tkinter.py" not in output',