Python error causing Spatial Analyst Failure

Hi Folks

I'm getting a problem with both the Spatial Statistics and Spatial Analysis Toolboxes/Tools.

Every time I run a tool, I get the following error:

Running script CollectEvents...
<type 'exceptions.SyntaxError'>: invalid syntax (_import_tools.py, line 263)
Failed to execute (Collect Events).


This is the first time that I've used the above tools in about 4 months, however, prior to that, I never experienced any problems.

I know it's not the data because I have tested this on my data as well as esri tutorial data, both end up with the same failure. But I do suspect that it has something to do with Python.


Please, I would really appreciate it if anyone can help me here.

Thanks
Barry