Hello I need step by step Instructions on Installing DNN 4.8.1 with SQL 2005 Express. I will pay money to who ever helps me successfully teaches me to  install it and get it working properly.

This part or your guide does not make any sense. Maybe something is missing? 

5. enter the correct connection strings ~ open web.config in a text editor (eg wordpad) and edit the connection strings:

first in the section:


then in the section:


and here we get another benefit of using the sql server management console ~ we dont need to use the "attach database file" syntax in our connection string, and we will not have any problems in the future with a locked database.mdf file in the /app_data folder

Please explain further.

Your guide's web config does not explain how to seet up the connection string in sql 2005 Express

This is what my web.config file looks like:

connectionStrings>
  <!-- Connection String for SQL Server 2005 Express -->
  <add
    name="SiteSqlServer"
    connectionString="Data Source=.\SQLExpress;Integrated Security=True;User Instance=True;AttachDBFilename=|DataDirectory|Database.mdf;"
    providerName="System.Data.SqlClient" />
  <!-- Connection String for SQL Server 2000/2005
    <add
      name="SiteSqlServer"
      connectionString="Server=(local);Database=DotNetNuke;uid=;pwd=;"
      providerName="System.Data.SqlClient" />
   -->
 </connectionStrings>
 <appSettings>
  <!-- Connection String for SQL Server 2005 Express - kept for backwards compatability - legacy modules   -->
  <add key="SiteSqlServer" value="Data Source=.\SQLExpress;Integrated Security=True;User Instance=True;AttachDBFilename=|DataDirectory|Database.mdf;"/>
  <!-- Connection String for SQL Server 2000/2005 - kept for backwards compatability - legacy modules
    <add key="SiteSqlServer" value="Server=(local);Database=DotNetNuke;uid=;pwd=;"/>
    -->

What changes do i need to make since i am not using the sql 2000 / 2005 part but rather the connection string for SQL 2005 Express.

Thank you for your time.