Thought I’d finish this one off
After a few nights god sleep and some exercise (running) I managed to solve my installation. Removed all previous installations and started from scratch. I followed the installation guide and with a few modifications (see below) I got it running. I’m happy to say there are no errors in this version
As I’m installing on a Windows Server 2003 Web edition there are a few things to remember that aren’t in the installation guide.
* IIS is not installed by default on a WEB EDITION (strange, but I was aware of this)
* You have to enable ASP.Net 2.x as a Web service extension (thanks shmanda for that tip). This is done in the IIS Manager under Web service extensions.
* If you get problems with permissions a tip is to use Auditing. This can be done in Security settings for your virtual root folder. Choose the Advanced button and then the Auditing tab. I added auditing fail for everyone.
* Windows Firewall was enabled on my installation by default. That took some time to find out. I added port 80 as an exception.
As to the permission errors that hit me I can state that I’ve got it right the first time but the security settings did not apply correctly. Perhaps if I had rebooted my computer I had got it to work?? Just guessing.
Now I’m up and running