Martin Dougiamas

Try changing $CFG->slasharguments in config.php from true to false (I think I need to start a FAQ page )

Moodle creates a dummy record for the admin user, and THEN lets you edit it.

In your installation, the dummy admin user could not even be inserted into the database.

This would generally indicate something seriously wrong with your database set-up. Possibly there is some permissions problem that is preventing your database user/password writing to the user table in your database. I would check that first.

Did you get any errors at all when Moodle was setting up the tables?

If you get really stuck, please drop all tables and email me your URL.

Cheers,
Martin

The relevant feature of 4.1.0 in this case is the global $_SESSION variable which doesn't exist in earlier versions.

What is the 'serious error', Gerhard? Please be helpful and describe it in detail - or better still drop your database tables and email me a URL so I can go through the setup on your machine myself (only one person so far has offered to do this and the problem in that case was PHP 4.0.6).

It would be easier to try a different tack.

Instead of putting a frame around Moodle, why not just create a new theme that contains all your own navigation graphics, colours and so on in the header and footer?

Unfortunately I have no idea what is causing either of these, based on the information given. It's certainly not an error I'm aware of on any other installations and I would suspect limitations by your PHP server. There is a small possibility that some of the changes in Moodle 1.0.1 may have fixed your first error (on uploaded files).

I've written to you via email for more details.