I'm trying to install the latest "Installation" package of DNN on an XP Pro SP2 machine.  I was able to work through most of the preparation steps, but when I tried to set up the read/write permissions for ASPNET, the pop-up screen for the root folder (nor any other folder) does not have a security tab.  The other four tabs shown in the DNN Installation instructions are in the pop-up window: General, Sharing, WebSharing, and Customize.  But no Security tab.  I am logged in as Administrator.

For kicks, I tried the DNN installation without having set the permissions.  Of course I did not get far.  I get an error stating: Server Error in '/dnn_site' Application.  Failed to access IIS metabase.  I presume due to skipping the permissions step...

Any idea why XP won't give me the security tab?

Thanks Ian, that was definitely the issue. 

Once I had access to the security tab, I went to assign privledges to ASPNET, but that user is not available in my list of users and groups.  The installation instructions don't have me creating this user anywhere.  I assumed it was created as a part of one of the other packages such as IIS or SQL, but that did not happen.

Am I supposed to separately install ASP.NET or VS2005?  It's not called out in the instructions as a pre-requisite.

Thanks in advance!

Hmm...  Went through the steps easily enough.  But no ASPNET user showed up in the search.   I do have a NETWORK SERVICE group in the list, but I was under the impression that was not used for DNN on XP Pro.  Tried anyway with no change in results.