linux mint 12.1 lisa
 

okay first off this is for a business environment, i need to be able to manage the PC from a windows AD for single sign on,do print sharing, view windows file servers, and I'm trying to make as user friendly as possible,

Thanks,

Sounds like fun ... do you have a question?

yes
 

yes, i got the print sharing to work, and i can view the file servers,but i cant seem to get the single sign on to work with active directory. got any ideas?
i've tried centrify and likewise-open but i cant seem to get them to work,

So what errors are you receiving from either application?

that just it
 

thats just it, i unzipped and ran them but no windows comes up or anything the computer just sit there and does nothing...

I may be a little dense here, but you "unzipped and ran" what??

If you are referring to centrify and / or likewise-open, why would you not use Synaptic (mint's installer) to install the applications?
Also, unlike Windows, you will not be presented with a gui window to say that the application is installed and would you like to run it. Once installed you would need to read
either applications documentation to see what steps you are required to perform to have them work as expected. Think of what data you would enter into a Windows machine to have it
recognise / search for AD?