Hi all,

I have searched relentlessly for an answer to this problem for the last day and a half, and any and all help would be greatly appreciated. I am attempting to install DNN 5 onto my Windows Vista Machine with IIS 7.

I am using built-in authentication via the DefaultAppPool with Identity 'NetworkService'. When I try to set up my application and click 'Test Settings', the 'Authentication' has a green checkmark next to it, but the 'Authorization' line has warning sign next to it saying it cannot verify access to path. The details tab below this says:

The server is configured to use pass-through authentication with a built-in account to access the specified physical path. However, IIS Manager cannot verify whether the built-in account has access. Make sure that the application pool identity has Read access to the physical path. If this server is joined to a domain, and the application pool identity is NetworkService or LocalSystem, verify that <domain>\<computer_name>$ has Read access to the physical path. Then test these settings again.

I have set the NETWORK SERVICE user on my application folder to 'Full Control', and when i try to load http://localhost/MySite, I get the following error

   68:     </modules>
   69:     <handlers>
   70:       <add name="AJAX_ScriptResourceHandler" path="ScriptResource.axd" verb="GET,HEAD" type="System.Web.Handlers.ScriptResourceHandler, System.Web.Extensions, Version=1.0.61025.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35" preCondition="integratedMode,runtimeVersionv2.0" />

Any ideas?

OK, I found a solution!

For me at least, DNN had to be installed as an application under a website. I used default website. I havent dug any deeper and found the reason for this yet, but it seems that DNN does not function in a root website...

regards

Ian