jpower38

I had the same problem, but was able to copy the .htaccess file onto my hard drive, made the necessary adjustments (wordpress gave me a code to insert into the file) and saved it. I then deleted the .htaccess file in my root directory (because it wouldn’t let me edit or overwrite) and uploaded the copy to replace it. This seemed to do the trick, my pages are linking nicely.

WOHOOO!!!

The problem was in the PHP settings in my control panel. I had nothing installed in my local PHP settings so I created one and it worked right away.

Thanks for the post ClaytonJames *highfive* maybe this solution will help someone else using 1and1 hosting that runs into the same issue as me.