Hi Michael,
wow, didn't know there is a script repository page - always something new (& good!) from HostNexus there
Yep, I checked the Joomla tutorials and all sorts of boards etc. as I really don't know what the issue is (after about 10 different successful Joomla installations in the past, this time I'm actually close to giving up ...well, not really

)
On the screen where you can install the sample data, I basically can't go to the next screen - I'm just ending up on a completely blank screen...?!
regardless of:
- whether I install sample data or not (when I try to, I keep getting the following error: "the XML response that was returned from the server is invalid")
- whether I change the table prefix or not (this seem to have been an issue in an earlier release of Joomla 1.5 - but since I've only downloaded the latest release just now this shouldn't be an issue anymore)
But as soon as I hit the "next" button in the top right corner, I keep ending up on a blank screen...
So any ideas on how this could be fixed or where I could find anything that helps me getting through the installation routine is obviously very interesting - hence I was hoping the application vault has been updated