Hello All

I posted this in the wrong place but i think now its where it should be:
when it to select objects, i don't get the selection box, however, it does select the object. but its a real pain trying to imagine what I am selecting without the box. Also, just in: Polygons --> I can't see the damn faces, again i can select them, but i can't see their dots from which i can select.

any help would be sweet, thanks