I decided to give openSUSE a try to see how it is. I used SuSE some years back and drifted away. I downloaded 12.1-64 and burned the DVD [ properly ]. Was a bit surprised to discover that there was a Windows exe file to install. Decided - well, why not. Got to a certain point and told me I didn't have the admin rights to install. Not terribly surprising because as my "user" account I don't have admin rights. As a general rule Windows will as me for the admin password but this time it didn't. Decided to boot from the DVD and install that way. Restarted the computer and thought maybe it might be a good idea to do the media test before installing. Started out fine and got to a splash screen, and just sat there like a lump. No keyboard or mouse input available. [ I run this computer and another on a KVM switch and couldn't even switch to the other computer with the keyboard - had to push the button on the switch ] Had to do a hard shut down with the power switch. Rebooted to the DVD and tried the install option. Got to the same splash screen with the same results. Had to do another hard shutdown. Rebooted into Windows again as admin. Run the exe file. Got to the same point as I did as user and same result. No admin privilege to install. I'm logged into the computer AS admin and I don't have privilege??????? Computer is an Intel dual core with two gigs memory triple booted with Kubuntu 12.04, Windows 7 and XP. I was/am going to replace the XP with opensuse [ if I can get it installed ]. Anyone got any suggestions? I know it is possible that the ISO file glitched during download or the DVD burning glitched somehow but is there something I'm missing or doing wrong? -- “The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government lest it come to dominate our lives and interests”. - Patrick Henry - _ _... ..._ _ _._ ._ ..... ._.. ... .._ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org