Hi guys,

Thanks for the replies. It really has been a while, I kind of gave up. I want to give it a try again. Please elaborate on a few things for me:

*Where do I enable TCP/IP?

*Is it supposed to be LOCALSERVICE, NETWORKSERVICE, or ApplicationPoolIdentity in the default pool settings?

*Is this right?

  <connectionStrings>
    <add name="SiteSqlServer" connectionString="Data Source=.\SQLExpress;Integrated Security=True;User Instance=True;Database=my_localhost;" providerName="System.Data.SqlClient" />

  <appSettings>
    <!-- Connection String for SQL Server 2005/2008 Express - kept for backwards compatability - legacy modules -->   
    <add key="SiteSqlServer" value="Data Source=.\SQLExpress;Integrated Security=True;User Instance=True;Database=my_localhost;" />

*Folder permissions... who is supposed to have full control? computername/MY_USERNAME or NETWORKSERVICE or IIS_IUSRS?

*Also, I have moved the folder to C:/ although I reallly dont remember needing to for DNN. The reason I did so was because, when I right click to view the folder "properties" it was marked as "READ ONLY".  No matter how many times I uncheck the box it is still checked when I go back to properties. Why is that?

*By the way I deleted the MY_Database from the  MS SQL Management Studio and will restore it again. Any things to be mindful of?

*Did I miss anything?

Thanks,
a8le