cheers parpalak that was it. strange it wouldnt work with IE.7 used firefox instead
merci 
2 2009-04-18 11:30
Topic: cannot set up punbb (7 replies, posted in PunBB 1.3 bug reports)
Hi,
I uploaded the files navigated too admin/install.php and get this error
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The XML page cannot be displayed
Cannot view XML input using style sheet. Please correct the error and then click the Refresh button, or try again later.
The server did not understand the request, or the request was invalid. Error processing resource 'http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtm...
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anyone know why or how to fix it ?