If you just began your account with them it may take awhile for the DNS entry of your new website to be recognized. Maybe that's what the guy was talking about?

Other than that, why not wait 12 hours and then let us know what happens. :)

Additonally, for installing, it should not be /install.php but /install/index.php - assuming that you've copied the files to your web root / DocumentRoot.

I meant to say /install/index.php, my fault, and no, my website is 4 months old. What he was telling me was that it would take 12 hours before I could open the .php file. My wife installed B2Evo on her website and it took less than 5 minutes. We both did the exact same thing- Create a new database entry in MySQL, upload the files, and then open index.php. The only difference is that mine went 404 and hers didn't.

Her hosting is with E-star, so I may jump ship on GoDaddy and use her server. She has considerably more space (100Gb compared to my 5Gb), and more transfer data per month (1,000Gb to my 250Gb), so it's a sweeter deal.

Yeah, it sounds like something is seriously crippled with godaddy if it is giving you errors like that.

I tried changing the .php extension to .asp and .html, and the page loads. Of course I can't install it that way, but at least I know that I'm not doing anything wrong.

So far you have about 9 reasons to switch hosts and 0 to stay.