I got an installation up and running quite quickly.

And I only had one little problem... users were being logged out after 1 or 2 minutes...

So I played with the settings within DNN - but these didn't seem to help.

So then I played with some of the Cookie timeout settings in web.config...

Only I have this feeling I broke something as now no users can login :-(

I'm thinking maybe I overwrote the machine keys for encryption and decryption? (the ones in the file are now the same as the ones in the default install package)

I've tried the hints in a few blogs such as http://www.devprise.com/2006/09/26/how-to-reset-a-dnn-password-at-the-database - but these haven't helped...

Is there any way back from here? If not then I can reinstall...

Thanks

Hwood

Slodge,

First, the reason why you could no longer log in is because the new installation has different encryption keys than your old one (in the Web.Config file) - Next time you run an upgrade, make sure you back-up your old config file and copy the encryption keys over to the new one. The way you got it to work right now is not so safe (i.e. you said you left passwords in clear text) - this is a no-no - you can easily get hacked! (Don't forget that these forums are open to the public so now everybody knows )

I would seriously consider re-installing from scratch and follow all the DNN install procedures.
You should be able to call up your host and tell them to wipe (after backing-up, of course) your old database out and simply create a new empty one. - That should work for you - they may charge you a fee though well worth it.

My 2 cents... hope this bit of information helps you.