First off, here is my error:

Connection Error(s):
Index #: 0
Source:.Net SqlClient Data Provider
Class: 14
Number: 18456
Message: Sql login failed

Now some background:

I went into the inetpub directory and extracted all of the contnents of the zip into a dnn523 folder. After this I set up the site via IIS manager and pointed it to that location making sure that my local user account had read/write access. After this I went into SQL Server 2008 R2 MS and created a new DB on my (local) server and set the user to sa with a specified password.

Now when I input this information into dotnetnuke installation I get the error above, can anyone please help?

Yes, I made sure to have both enabled.

I also tried added NETWORK SERVICE as part of the security for the folder but that didn't seem to help.

Do I need to go into the web.config and edit it? Maybe that is what I haven't done that might be causing these problems.

Possible solution for others that may have this error.... I was installing DotNetNuke_Community_05.06.01 and could not get past this same error. After reading several posts, I tried shortening my db owner/user password down from 14 characters to 10 and the installation was successful!

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