I am sorry I do have that one setting at 777 not 666

and :
Attachment Storage Directory: ______
Attachments can be enabled in each forum.
(Click to test directory.)
Full URL to Attachment Storage Directory: ________

Allowed Attachment File Extensions:gif, txt, zip, png
Separate with a comma.
.php,.php3,.php4,.cgi,.pl,.exe,.bat,.reg not accepted.
Maximum Attachment Size: 100000
In bytes. 1024 is one kilobyte; 1048576 is one megabyte.

what do I fill in the blanks here. I found this under where you sent me.

I don't know what the settings are on your server, you need to create a directory to hold the images, then you need to enter the path and url in the two fields; it'd be unique to your configuration.

You can take the URL from the paths and url section and just add "uploads" to it, then make an uploads directory in your ubb directory; this should work.

In regard to Avatars only, what needs to be checked to allow avatars other than the checks in /profile settings/avatars/?

Is there anywhere else that this feature needs to be set first, before setting in Profile settings/avatars/?

On the "Avatar Upload Storage Directory", is this path relative to the main web site, or relative to ubbthreads.php, or what?

What permissions does folder need to have? (microsoft IIS 6.0 server)

Path has to be the full path to the directory.

Permissions, umm, I don't use IIS, but it should have full write, full read, full execute (in unix thats what 777 equals).

To use avatars, i'm sure it's just Profile Settings/Avatars tab.

By full path, do you mean the full server path? As in E:/wwwroot/forum/avatar?

Path is to Server as URL is to Web Address; so yes.

OK, The avatar folder now shows it exists and is writable (when you click :"click to test directory"), but when I upload an avatar it still doesn't show up. Any ideas?

My thought now is "Wheres NTDoc when I need a windows user" lol... I'm not entirely sure...

You have the Path and URL properly configured, you have a size entered, and you have the image types set... It should work lol

If you look in the directory itself are you showing any files being created within?