I tried a little trick suggested in the EndNote 6.0 "Tips & Tricks", which is removing the "Connections" directory in /Program Files/EndNote 8.0. I got an error message (as I should) but I couldn't see it because of the splash screen that never goes away (damn it!). I hit "enter" to proceed (to get rid of the error message) and I saw the EN8.0 window come up for a split second and then the program exited. I have no idea why this is happening, especially if the other advocate got it running well enough to award it a silver star (kudos!). There seems to be a problem with SuSE Linux as I tried to install it on my home computer (SuSE 9.1 Pro as well) and got the same results.