Hello all,

My frustration level is running pretty high.

I installed DNN on Windows Vista Ultimate, and got it to work just fine. I then set about creating a new module. I worked out the kinks so the new module and the entire DNN site compiles. Now when I run the site from Visual Studio 2008 I get the following generic browser error:

"Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage".

Why would this happen now? I haven't modified the core or anything, and haven't modified any of the data in the core tables. I set a breakpoint in the default.aspx.vb page_init and page_load methods, but it doesn't hit either.

Arg! Can someone point me in the right direction?

 Thanks in advance.

 Jason

Thanks Alex,

How do I setup  DNN correctly in IIS? Do you have a link to the easy instructions?

Thanks

Jason

Ah, it works now. Many thanks to Paul Chu who found the solution.

My environment:

My laptop has Windows Vista running IIS 7.0.

I downloaded and extracted the zip file for the DNN 5.0.1 install package.

I setup a virtual directory for the DNN installation and converted it to an application.

I then granted all rights to the NETWORK SERVICE user on that website's root folder.

Then I opened the website as a website project in Visual Studio 2008.

The problem:

When I ran the web site from within Visual Studio 2008, IE reported simply that the page could not be displayed.

Next I took Visual Studio out of the equation and ran the web site directly from a browser pointing to "http://localhost/website", but I recevied the error:

HTTP Error 500.19 - Internal Server Error

The requested page cannot be accessed because the related configuration data for the page is invalid.

The solution:

To rule out security, I turned off the UAC:

1. Launch MSCONFIG by from the Run menu.
2. Click on the Tools tab. Scroll down till you find "Disable UAC" . Click on that line.
3. Press the Launch button.
4. A CMD window will open. When the command is done, you can close the window.
5. Close MSCONFIG. You need to reboot the computer for changes to apply.

Turns out that back when I had installed IIS7 I had missed a step, and it wasn't configured to allow any sites to run ASP.NET. To correct this,

I went into Start > Control Panel > Programs and Features > Turn Windows features on or off (bottom of left-hand menu). On the ensuing popup, I expanded Internet Information Services > World Wide Web Services > Application Development Features, and checked everything underneath (probably only had to do ASP.NET, but I thought I'd cover all bases).

At that point, I could then run the application from both Visual Studio 2008 and directly from a browser.

Hope this helps someone else.

Jason