Is there a way to tell what`s wrong with an installation.  I first installed DNN on MS server 2003 using the sql express method and the install download, using the default website and a virtual directory with not too many problems.  I then decided to try a fresh install using sql2005, and the source download, and a website instead of the virtual directory and I can`t seem to get it right.  Here`s the steps I took:

1.  Created a folder called NensTest and gave the network service full access

2. Extracted the source download into the sites folder

3. Created a database called NensTest, and then a user called NensTest, gave the user dbo to NensTest database

4. Created a website in IIS pointing to the NensTest - website folder, hppt header www.nenstest.com, ASP 2.0, default.aspx to the top

5. Renamed the release.config to web.config and made the following changes:

took out the sql express things in both config and app and made these changes:

<connectionStrings>
        <!-- Connection String for SQL Server 2000/2005
    <add
      name="SiteSqlServer"
      connectionString="Server=faneweb;Database=NensTest;uid=NensTest;pwd=DotNetNuke;"
      providerName="System.Data.SqlClient" />
   -->
  </connectionStrings>
  <appSettings>
        <!-- Connection String for SQL Server 2000/2005 - kept for backwards compatability - legacy modules
    <add key="SiteSqlServer" value="Server=faneweb;Database=NensTest;uid=NensTest;pwd=DotNetNuke;"/>
    -->

When I try to go to either nenstest.com, or www.nenstest.com to start the install, I get a runtime error in App/ and the event viewer shows an ASP error in event viewer ID 1309 event code 3005. What else can I check or can anyone find where I went wrong

I was under the impression that if not using sql express, I had to do that.  I don't see where the one for sql 2005 is commented out, can you point out where u see the problem?  BTW, if you could also tell me of a decent book to read on dnn, I would appreciate it, I'm running out of hairs to pull :)

tyvm for your great help.  It took me a while to figure out where the brackets were faulty, but I finally got it.  Now I can actually start playing around with it and do some good in the world.

Thx