Hi, I've just downloaded the entire source and tried to compile and view the website.  The installer worked fine for me (only by using the auto setup process), and the database is set up fine, and I clicked on the link after the install process telling me my portal was ready.  After waiting for several minutes for the page to load, I checked my task manager and the WebDev.WebServer.exe is using up almost all of my CPU (I was running the website in debug mode in vs2005).  I decided to install the web site separately, create an application and run it from the standard web service, and the same thing, it seems to be stuck in an infinite loop.  I went back to debugging, and put in a break point at

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in default.aspx.vb, and it reaches that breakpoint infinitely, although I can't seem to find where it reloads the page.  It will reload the page with a querystring of '?tabid=36', and then it just seems to load the entire page, and then reload it again.  I've tried converting it to a .net 3.5 application in vs2008 and execute it from there and I get the same problem.  I can't seem to find anywhere in the forums where other people are having this issue?

Problem is solved here:

Fixing infinite redirect loops in DotNetNuke at http://www.bestwebsites.co.nz/dotnetnuke/solving-the-dotnetnuke-redirect-loop/

JK