I am trying to set up DNN on my home computer so I can learn about it offline. All tutorials I have found leave parts out.

What entries do I make in web.config to make DNN work on my home computer? I was using the DNN Installation Wiki and was stumped when I got to:

"We then need to enter the data for our SQL Server. Add the server name (Server=), database name (Database=), user ID (uid=), and the password (pwd=) so that our application knows how to connect to our server. This information will be based on how you have set up your SQL Server.

It is a gaping hole in the tutorial for me. I went to the websites suggested but it is above me what to do when I arrived.  I was hoping to find an example because I do not know how to add entries as the tutorial suggests.

Server=What goes here??? It might be COMPUTERNAME//MY USER NAME?

Database=DotNetNuke

uid=my user id

pwd=my password

Windows XP Home

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• Windows XP Professional Edition (Service Pack 3)
  
• Visual Web Developer 2008 Express Edition (Service Pack 1)
  
• Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1
• Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1
  
• Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 Hotfix
  
• Microsoft .NET Framework 2.2 Service Pack 2
  
• Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 Service Pack 2
  
• Windows Installer 4.5
• Windows Powershell 1.0
  
• SQL Server 2008 Express with Advanced Services
  
• Mozilla Firefox 3.0.10

Thanks for any help

Thanks for those answers. It is good to not have to edit web.config.  I will work on the second paragraph about Database access.  Thanks for the tip about IIS Admin.  I did not know about that as I have not progressed that far yet. You saved me from another lurking headache.

Does it make a difference to anything that I downloaded and installed SQl Server 2008 Express (by default) instead of the 2005 version that is frequently referenced everywhere?

Here is the error I am currently getting:

Could not open new database 'C:\DOTNETNUKE\APP_DATA\DATABASE.MDF'. CREATE DATABASE is aborted.
An attempt to attach an auto-named database for file C:\DotNetNuke\App_Data\Database.mdf failed. A database with the same name exists, or specified file cannot be opened, or it is located on UNC share.
File activation failure. The physical file name "C:\DotNetNuke\App_Data\Database_log.ldf" may be incorrect.
The log cannot be rebuilt when the primary file is read-only.