Is there any writen instruction on how to install this on a Windows XP Pro machine using Visual Web Devloper Express Ed?  I am new to this and am just trying to play around so I can understand more to ASP.Net and SQL and such.  Everytime I open Default.aspx, I go to Design and it says: "Error Creating Control  - Form
Unable to cast object to type 'System.Web.UI.Design.HtmlIntrinsicControlDesign' to type "System.Web>UI.Design.ControlDesigner'.

I admit I am no programmer.  I know basics.  I did manage to get it working on my home computer, just out of shear luck.

Thanks

To install on Windows XP and Visual Web Developer Express (in reality SQLExpress):

(I got the installation to work but the modules are not showing up so I have to do a little more research.)

1. Create the folder where you will unzip the DNN files
2. Right-click on the folder and select "Properties" from the pop-up menu
3. Click on the "Security" tab.  If the "Security" tab is not showing up, go to Windows Explorer -> Tools -> Folder Options -> View (tab) -> scroll down in the "Advanced Settings" box and make sure you "UNCHECK" the "Use simple file sharing (Recomended)" option -> click on the OK button.  Now go back to right-clicking the folder and under "Properties" you will see the "Security" tab.
4. In the "Security" tab click on the "Add..." button -> "Advanced" button -> "Find Now" button -> select the "ASPNET" account -> "OK" button -> "OK" button.
5. Now, still within the "Security" tab make sure you select the "ASP.NET Machine Account" (you just added it) and in the permissions box check the "Modify" box and click on the "OK" button.
6. If you haven't already done so, from within the IIS Manager create a new virtual directory within your "Default Web Site" and point it to the folder you just created for the DNN application.
7. Also make sure that the ASP.NET version for that virtual directory is 2.0.xxxx (look at the ASP.NET tab when you look at the properties for that virtual directory from within the IIS Management Console.
8. Now to the SQLExpress stuff:  In my case I use the SQL Server Management Studio Express (you can download it from http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/sql/download/ (38.5 MB)
   Open the Management Studio Express
9. First lets make sure some settings.  Right click the upmost object in the left hand side (The database icon with the green circle that contains a white triangle indicating that the server is running"
10. In the "Select a page" section click on "Security" and make sure you have the "SQL Server and Windows Authentication mode" selected
11. In the "Select a page" section click on "Connections" and make sure the "Allow remote connections to this server" checkbox is checked -> click "OK"
12. Right-click on the Databases folder -> select "New Database..."
13. Type in your database name and click "OK"
14. Expand the "Security" folder
15. Right-click the "Logins" folder ->  select "New Login..." (this will be used in your connection string)
16. Type in the name of your new login name
17. Select the "SQL Server authentication" radio button
18. Type in and confirm your password
19. Uncheck the "Enforce password expiration" option
20. In the "Default database:" dropdown box select your newly created database
21. In the "Select a page" section (left hand side) click on "User Mapping"
22. Check the box under the "Map" column for your DNN database
23. In the "Database role membership for:" section check the "db_owner" box
24. Click the OK button and close the Management Studio Express console
25. In the folder where you extracted the DNN files rename the file named release.web to config.web and open it for editing
26. Do some cleanup and delete the lines that refer to SQL Server 2005 Express
27. Un-comment the line for "Connection String for SQL Server 2000/2005"
28. In the connection string type in the value for "server=" as "MACHINENAME\SQLEXPRESS" (don't include quotation marks. the following line shows the example of mine:
29. <add name="SiteSqlServer" connectionString="Server=WINXPPRO\SQLEXPRESS;Database=DotNetNuke;uid=DotNetNuke;pwd=MyPassword;" providerName="System.Data.SqlClient" /> (this is all in one line)
30. Save your web.config file
31. Try your DNN installation by going to http://localhost/YourVirtualDirectoryName

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This information is provided "as is" without any warranties.  I hope it helps.

Best regards,

Jose Lopez Portillo

I found the problem.  The string for the database name is case sincitive.