Hi all.

This is my first time using DNN.

I d/l the install package for 5.0. I followed instructions to install it to my local machine (laptop). My laptop runs IIS7 and vista, with VS2005/2008, sql server 2008 installed.

Running the site through IIS, it didnt want to install, it gave me the error:

        System.Reflection.TargetInvocationException: Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation.

with a lot of text after it! Not sure what to do, I loaded the site up in VS2008 (from the same inetpub folder which IIS is using) and ran it from there in debig mode. This time it loaded up the install pages correctly (with images etc) and it created the database scripts like it should have. I now have access through VS2008 to view and amend teh site no problem.

However, I tried opening it up through IIS again seeing it is now installed and working. But I get the home page with absolutely no images on it, or styles. Just white background and black text.

I have given the full folder full control from NETWORK SERVICE user. So I am not sure what is not setup correctly...

It seems to work when I just debug the site from visual studio, but not running from IIS!

Any ideas?

after doing a lot of digging about, i managed to fix my problem. Thought i would share it incase anyone else had a similar  problem. It turns out when i added IIS to my vista installation, the "static content" option wasnt checked! very simple problem, very hard to find for me!