Thanks for your help. Unfortuantely, setting the kernel parameter "enforcing=0" didn't work for me. Any of the programs under system settings still timeout when I click on them in the GUI. I did want to make sure that I am setting the parameter correctly, though. When GRUB loabs up, there is an option to type "a" and set kernel parameters. So I type "a" and then there is a prompt at which I type "enforcing=0". Should I have done this differently? Are there other commands that I need to know in order to do this. Thanks again. ____________________________________________________ Sell on Yahoo! Auctions ? no fees. Bid on great items. http://auctions.yahoo.com/