i am trying to set up my app to put on a few iphones through adhoc for testing, why is the profisional profile i created showing up under iPhone Developer:, but not under iPhone Distribution:, will it work under developer?
XCode may have profile caching issues. Quit XCode and iTunes. Remove all certificates from all caches and Libraries (use Spotlight to find them all). Restart XCode, download and install just the certificates you need for the current build (Distribution).
Other than that, read all the provisioning documentation and start over again.
Try to open XCode and do a force quit, > Force Quit. If that doesn't work try a restart. Now, if that doesn't work there's a problem with your Provisional Profile and you need to make a new one.