Hello All

I need some assistance installing DNN 4.5.1. I have been following the instructions set in the installation manual and a book titled "Begining DotNetNuke 4.0 in VB 2005". When I execute the installation wizard the first thing i notice is missing Icons. I select typical install and click the next button.

• Test permitions checks out.
• Database connection checks out.
• Once I click the next button the Run Database Installation Scripts starts running and it keeps running and running like Forest Gump. Nothing ever appears in the text box below.

I tried setting the application as a web site and I installed IIS on my Win XP machine. But when I execute the installtion wizard I get a "You are not authorized to view this page" error message. I tried adding /install/install.aspx the url and I get  the error message below : any help is greatly appriciated.

Server Error in '/DotNetNuke' Application.

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Mutex could not be created.

[InvalidOperationException: Mutex could not be created.]
   System.Web.Compilation.CompilationMutex..ctor(String name, String comment) +3472913
   System.Web.Compilation.CompilationLock..cctor() +158

[TypeInitializationException: The type initializer for 'System.Web.Compilation.CompilationLock' threw an exception.]
   System.Web.Compilation.CompilationLock.GetLock(Boolean& gotLock) +32
   System.Web.Compilation.BuildManager.EnsureTopLevelFilesCompiled() +114

[HttpException (0x80004005): The type initializer for 'System.Web.Compilation.CompilationLock' threw an exception.]
   System.Web.HttpRuntime.FirstRequestInit(HttpContext context) +3434991
   System.Web.HttpRuntime.EnsureFirstRequestInit(HttpContext context) +88
   System.Web.HttpRuntime.ProcessRequestInternal(HttpWorkerRequest wr) +252

Thanks for the reply leupold.

I do have .net 2.0 installed and if I do the "Auto" install on the site. Everyting goes through and I can log in and start working on the site. Im sure the Auto is just loading the basics. How can I test that ASP is functioning properly?