Fresh install and I can't install themes or upload images

I have been beating my head against the wall since last night over this. I did a fresh install of WP on my one and one server. The install went fine(no errors). I tried to install a theme through the dashboard but after the zip uploaded it just sat there saying that it was unpacking it. It never installed(waited 30 min). I installed the theme via FTP and it installed fine. Then I tried to upload an image but I kept getting an http error. I uninstalled and reinstalled another fresh copy of WP thinking that maybe the files were missing or corrupted for some reason on the first install, still no dice. I then deleted and recreated a new directory and reinstalled WP from scratch, no luck. When I did this last install I tried to upload an image before I added anything else. I’m at a loss. Everything I’ve been reading has to do with WP 2.8 not 3.1.3. Any help would be appreciated.