Pymacs error starting Emacs after installing Python

Question

I installed python using one of the msi files. But when I start up emacs, it gives me:

Problem 1, which I thought I'd fixed

When I run cmd and type in python, I get

"python" is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.

So from online sources, (windows 7 btw) Went to System Properties and Environmental Variables and added a User variable for my specific user

Path and %PATH%;C:\Python27

It worked for a bit, not its not.

Problem 2:

pymacs-report-error: Pymacs helper did not start within 30 seconds

and I have no idea why. How can I fix this?