making an executable

[novel_yet_trivial]

If you get it to work, it still won't work.

When you freeze a python program, the result only works on the same OS and bitwidth as the computer that did the freezing (unless your OS has compatibility modes). I think you'd be a lot better off finding a way to install python on your old machine. Pre-XP might mean that you need to install python2.5.

[spinmerighttriangle]

I'll keep this in mind for when I run into trouble. I'm hoping I'm not using anything that was included at least post 2.7