so i was able to finally download the MINI configuration tool. I don’t know where it came from, but it is pretty slick. I downloaded the iso image from an ftp site, unzipped it and using Nero burned the image back to a CD. once that was done, I closed the cdrom drive door and the configurator started up automatically! I was then able to build mine out (I’m thinking about naming her ‘Roxy’, more later) exactly the way it should look. it’s like have a photo of her on my desktop! very very cool