Websphere Application Server - First Steps Not Working - Need to learn to crawl before your can walk;)

I was just doing a fresh install of Websphere Application Server Network Deployment for a new Connections customer. Having installed WASND DMgr and installed the fixpacks I was next going to create the first server profile prior to the Connections Install.

Alas when I ran the First Steps Console it would simply not start! Everything else seemed fine. Dmgr would start, ISC was fine. But First Steps just wouldn't go!

After a little research I found this:

On Windows® platforms: The First steps console might not start if you use Mozilla 2.x as your default browser and it is installed in a location containing a space in the path name. This problem can also occur if you use Windows to start the First steps console associated with profiles installed on i5/OS platforms. To rectify this problem, perform one of these actions:

• Install Mozilla into a location without a space in the path name.
• Alter the registry key to remove the space.
• Temporarily set Internet Explorer as the default browser and then set Mozilla as the default browser. This automatically removes the space from the registry key.

Surely Not! I was using Firefox as the default browser though......So I changed the default browser to IE and tried First Steps again and it worked! Not great that this occurs but at least it is easy to get around.