After having installed (successfully) I have activated all the necessary modules I require but whenever I click on one of them to configure it I get a permissions error!

Also, if I try and run the site by pointing to INDEX.PHP I also get a permissions error.

I'm sure there's something I'm not doing correctly but don't really know what it is - I am logged on as ADMIN

What I have tried to do is go to System Admin, Modules and then select either Forum or Polls etc to configure them (after having activated them) but I get rejected each and every time!

Any ideas?

Go to the "groups" section in "system admin" and give necessary admin rights to your group.
The default admin group only have "system admin" and "news" modules admin rights by default.

hope this works.

Thanks, that did the trick for me!

Man, I am going to enjoy this - all I need now is a decent "free" hosting site and I'll be away.

I will let you know when I manage to get a site up and running.