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The function getpass_hack in the getpassfix module 
(referenced earlier) is a suitable alternative to the win_getpass 
function in the getpass module, but it should only be used if 
the operating system is Windows 95/98/ME (this is based on 
my observations so far).

If we have a nice Pythonic way of determining what operating 
system that Python is running on (say, by using Marc-Andre 
Lemburg's platform module: 
http://www.lemburg.com/files/python/platform.py), we could 
then provide a straightforward fix.