thanks Alex. Edited Category.def. changed priviliges and it worked. meaning got that part :) Now, this is what's going on when I try importing:
Importing Subscribed users (users who receive the newsletter) ...
0 Subscribed users imported.
Importing Categories and Links ...
0 Categories imported.
0 Links imported.
Import error: WARNING: Unable to add category relation for categories with ID's: (new: , old: 369) and (new: , old: 411). Reason: Column 'CategoryID' cannot be null
Import error: WARNING: Unable to add category relation for categories with ID's: (new: , old: 204) and (new: , old: 141). Reason: Column 'CategoryID' cannot be null
Import error: WARNING: Unable to add category relation for categories with ID's: (new: , old: 141) and (new: , old: 204). Reason: Column 'CategoryID' cannot be null
Import error: WARNING: Unable to add category relation for categories with ID's: (new: , old: 197) and (new: , old: 329). Reason: Column 'CategoryID' cannot be null
Import error: WARNING: Unable to add category relation for categories with ID's: (new: , old: 128) and (new: , old: 182). Reason: Column 'CategoryID' cannot be null
Import error: WARNING: Unable to add category relation for categories with ID's: (new: , old: 176) and (new: , old: 312). Reason: Column 'CategoryID' cannot be null
Import error: WARNING: Unable to add category relation for categories with ID's: (new: , old: 394) and (new: , old: 417). Reason: Column 'CategoryID' cannot be null
Import error: WARNING: Unable to add category relation for categories with ID's: (new: , old: 411) and (new: , old: 369). Reason: Column 'CategoryID' cannot be null
Import error: WARNING: Unable to add category relation for categories with ID's: (new: , old: 298) and (new: , old: 344). Reason: Column 'CategoryID' cannot be null
Import error: WARNING: Unable to add category relation for categories with ID's: (new: , old: 432) and (new: , old: 379). Reason: Column 'CategoryID' cannot be null
Import error: WARNING: Unable to add category relation for categories with ID's: (new: , old: 144) and (new: , old: 341). Reason: Column 'CategoryID' cannot be null
Import error: WARNING: Unable to add category relation for categories with ID's: (new: , old: 205) and (new: , old: 151). Reason: Column 'CategoryID' cannot be null
Import error: WARNING: Unable to add category relation for categories with ID's: (new: , old: 147) and (new: , old: 170). Reason: Column 'CategoryID' cannot be null
Import error: WARNING: Unable to add category relation for categories with ID's: (new: , old: 151) and (new: , old: 205). Reason: Column 'CategoryID' cannot be null
Import error: WARNING: Unable to add category relation for categories with ID's: (new: , old: 314) and (new: , old: 192). Reason: Column 'CategoryID' cannot be null
Import error: WARNING: Unable to add category relation for categories with ID's: (new: , old: 329) and (new: , old: 197). Reason: Column 'CategoryID' cannot be null
Import error: WARNING: Unable to add category relation for categories with ID's: (new: , old: 170) and (new: , old: 147). Reason: Column 'CategoryID' cannot be null
Import error: WARNING: Unable to add category relation for categories with ID's: (new: , old: 416) and (new: , old: 335). Reason: Column 'CategoryID' cannot be null
Import error: WARNING: Unable to add category relation for categories with ID's: (new: , old: 344) and (new: , old: 298). Reason: Column 'CategoryID' cannot be null
Import error: WARNING: Unable to add category relation for categories with ID's: (new: , old: 182) and (new: , old: 128). Reason: Column 'CategoryID' cannot be null
Import error: WARNING: Unable to add category relation for categories with ID's: (new: , old: 341) and (new: , old: 144). Reason: Column 'CategoryID' cannot be null
Import error: WARNING: Unable to add category relation for categories with ID's: (new: , old: 192) and (new: , old: 314). Reason: Column 'CategoryID' cannot be null
Import error: WARNING: Unable to add category relation for categories with ID's: (new: , old: 312) and (new: , old: 176). Reason: Column 'CategoryID' cannot be null
Import error: WARNING: Unable to add category relation for categories with ID's: (new: , old: 417) and (new: , old: 394). Reason: Column 'CategoryID' cannot be null
Import error: WARNING: Unable to add category relation for categories with ID's: (new: , old: 335) and (new: , old: 416). Reason: Column 'CategoryID' cannot be null
Import error: WARNING: Unable to add category relation for categories with ID's: (new: , old: 379) and (new: , old: 432). Reason: Column 'CategoryID' cannot be null
NOTE: You must run Repair Tables and Repair Search after performing an import!
Data has been successfully import/exported!