Index: Lib/test/test_os.py
===================================================================
--- Lib/test/test_os.py	(revision 55014)
+++ Lib/test/test_os.py	(working copy)
@@ -236,7 +236,8 @@
             try:
                 os.stat(r"c:\pagefile.sys")
             except WindowsError, e:
-                if e == 2: # file does not exist; cannot run test
+                # If access is denied; cannot run test
+                if e.winerror == 5:
                     return
                 self.fail("Could not stat pagefile.sys")