Central Admin is not operational

When I'm in the Central Admin 3.0 site I can navigate using the various links but when I try to do anything else like Edit or Delete even click OK or Cancel buttons, none of this works. The list boxes don't drop down and the when you select radio buttons it's info is always greyed out. It's almost like it can't hit the DB or the code behind the scenes doesn't execute.

Here are some of the set up particulars:

Win Server 2003 sp1, WSS 3.0, Server Farm install with SQL Server Express all on one box, logging in as local account with admin priviledges.

Any help is appreciated!