Yes I can, I can create new, then I try the tools and nothing.

Can you try the walkthrough I posted Fri Jul 29, 2011 11:58 pm?

ofnuts,

Yes, I'm going to be doing that shortly. It has been a busy week with not too much computer time for me.

Yes, the program opens fine, no problem with this.


No, they don't highlight when I hover over them.



Yes, I get a drop down menu



Yes, I can do this.



Yes, I can save the image



Yes, I have the brush along with the pointer


Yes, it does do this



No, it doesn't appear to do this. I still only have the background image in the history section



Yes



No, it doesn't make the tool box appear. Though on the left of the program there is already a tool box section there.



Yes, it appears to be a button that is pushed in and the paintbrush tool is visable.



No, it doesn't do this



No

Could you please take a snap shot of your Gimp opened?
That way i can see which dialogs are already opened, and docked.

Just for comparison, here's my answers to the questions for a fully functioning Gimp 2.6.7 on Windows XP:

Yes

No

Yes

Technically no, the default image is created using File/New..., but Yes, a default image can be created.

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes and no - If I've got the Layers dialog docked in the tool box it doesn't create a new window, but does make the layers tab visible and active. Yes if the layers dialog isn't docked.

Yes and no. There is a "Background" layer, and it's the active layer but I wouldn't call it selected as it's not highlighted.

No. The toolbox window is already visible and pressing Ctrl-B makes it the active window i.e. it has the focus.

Yes - the paintbrush tool

Yes and No. Same answer as for Ctrl-L

Yes

Next instalment please

After two weeks my train of thought derailed

Just as a hunch try this when you start up Gimp make sure the mouse cursor is over the splash screen while it is starting up and then try using the tools.

Because the only time that I experienced what you are experiencing is when I use my tablet and don't have the cursor over the splash screen then the tools would not work no matter what I did.

I was going to suggest going to Edit/Preferences/Folders/Plug-ins and make sure there is a link there to your plugins folder.There should be 2 if you install Gimp-2.6.11 or Gimp-2.7.3 versions.
One should be through your program folder directory, and one should be through your user directory ie... C:/Documents and Settings/username/gimp-2.6/plugins

I doubt it is a DLL problem or path problem as Gimp would throw errors left and right on load.
You can try this.....Go to Filters/Distort/Wind and just keep the default settings and click ok.You have to have an image open to do this.And the image must be in RGB mode Image/Mode/RGB.

Just to see if you can use filters.

I would also like to know if Windows/dockable dialogs/ select error console to see if it opens.
If it does dock it or just leave it open , go to edit/preferences/window management/save windows on exit, select save window positions now, and now close Gimp.


Now restart Gimp and see if any error messages appear in the console.I doubt there will be any but it can't hurt to try.Gimp can usually tell you what is wrong with it.

Sure, no problem.