thanks for your help! it doesn’t seem right that godaddy won’t let wordpress run correctly when you have hosting (free or not). i’ll give them a call and see what they say. will update here for future users who might have similar problems. have always been a fan of godaddy so i’m hoping this isn’t a “lure” for wordpress fans to buy hosting!
i’m using a free hosting account and when i try to do the one click install, i get the message that i have to upgrade to more storage to do the one click install…