hi fractaldesign, thanks for the quick reply.

i first got the installer from http://beyondconvention.net/ohussain/lsinstaller/
and that didn't work, so i got the installer by omar from here, then updated to the latest LS build (again from this site), but i still get the exact same behavior.
i only use 1 monitor, on a nvidia gf4.

i havn't tried the xStep version that you mention... should I? from what i can tell, the installer+updates seem to be working fine for others...