k, i'm gettin the same problems. but i am just curious... yeah, linux wasn't meant to be much like windows... but why is it so hard to get such a popular program to work under linux 8? not that i'm incompitent.... just lazy tonight... frustrated, ready to sleep and it's 4:22 .. b-sides that, i'm 3 days new to linux itself and realize the only way to learn it is to do it. just venting frustration from the 5 hours of trying to get it to work. lates