Hi Karl,
Sorry to hear you're run into issues. I'm assuming that https is configured correctly, that the SharePoint site can be opened in Internet Explorer, no certificate issues, etc. If you need help making sure the server is set up correctly, please let us know.
The screenshot did not come thru correctly, but from the description it sounds like you got the following error message:
Error bootstrapping system doctypes
Client found response content type of 'text/html; charset=utf-8', but expected 'text/xml'.
The first thing I would recommend is to review the entire error recorded in the Event Viewer; it may
mention of <httpModules>. If it does, there's a solution in the installation guide and in the Release Notes. I won't add it here yet (it's a bit long) until you get a chance to check eventvwr. Let us know what you find. Thanks.