Hello!

I've been trying to install DNN 4.8.3 on my WS 2008 following mostly the installation guidelines for the Install package.

IIS 7.0 is configured for ASP .NET 2.0, has a default Application Pool, a Web site with the virtual directory.

WHen opening the site on http://localhost/dotnetnuke, there was a problem with the web.config (i used the development-template) regarding the machine key, the message suggested converting the Virtual Directory to an Application which i did.

Now the installer page is loading, but doesn't get far:

DotNetNuke Configuration Error

Access to the path 'C:\dotnetnuke\website\web.config' is denied.
DotNetNuke has extensive file upload capabilities for content, modules, and skins. These features require custom security settings so that the application is able to create and remove files in your website.

Using Windows Explorer, browse to the root folder of the website ( C:\DotNetNuke by default ). Right-click the folder and select Sharing and Security from the popup menu ( please note that if you are using Windows XP you may need to Disable Simple File Sharing before these options are displayed ). Select the Security tab. Add the appropriate User Account and set the Permissions.

• If using Windows 2000 - IIS5
  1. the [SERVER]\ASPNET User Account must have Read, Write, and Change Control of the virtual root of your website.
• If using Windows 2003 - IIS6
  
  1. the NT AUTHORITY\NETWORK SERVICE User Account must have Read, Write, and Change Control of the virtual root of your website.

How do I proceed from here? The whole website folder has full permission for EVERYONE already :(

Thank you for your help

I've got the same problem, i've added NETWORK SERVICE with full control but it still says i don't have permission.  I added the EVERYONE group with priviledges to check that was the problem.  It works fine then.  EVERYONE has now been removed but i can't figure out why NETWORK SERVICE isn't working?  Is there another 'user' i need to add?