Changed to "Server=(local);Database=DotNetNuke;Trusted_Connection=True", still didn't work
So I Removed the SQL Server and reinstalled again but not with Widows Authentication mode this time. Also removed IIS and reinstalled that too. Then downloaded the Installer as per your mentioned address link (thank you very much. I thought I searched everywher in Dotnetnuke.com for any installation source, but apparently not) and had it run. It ran and worked through properly to the end and pulled up the browser and displayed the following with http://localhost/DotNetNuke/ in it's address bar.
<%@ Page Language="vb" AutoEventWireup="false" Explicit="True" Inherits="DotNetNuke.Framework.DefaultPage" CodeFile="Default.aspx.vb" %>
<%@ Register TagPrefix="dnn" Namespace="DotNetNuke.Common.Controls" Assembly="DotNetNuke" %>
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<html>
<head id="Head" runat="server">
<meta id="MetaRefresh" runat="Server" name="Refresh" />
<meta id="MetaDescription" runat="Server" name="DESCRIPTION" />
<meta id="MetaKeywords" runat="Server" name="KEYWORDS" />
<meta id="MetaCopyright" runat="Server" name="COPYRIGHT" />
<meta id="MetaGenerator" runat="Server" name="GENERATOR" />
<meta id="MetaAuthor" runat="Server" name="AUTHOR" />
<meta name="RESOURCE-TYPE" content="DOCUMENT">
<meta name="DISTRIBUTION" content="GLOBAL">
<meta name="ROBOTS" content="INDEX, FOLLOW">
<meta name="REVISIT-AFTER" content="1 DAYS">
<meta name="RATING" content="GENERAL">
<meta http-equiv="PAGE-ENTER" content="RevealTrans(Duration=0,Transition=1)">
<style id="StylePlaceholder" runat="server"></style>
<asp:placeholder id="CSS" runat="server"></asp:placeholder>
</head>
<body id="Body" runat="server" bottommargin="0" leftmargin="0" topmargin="0" rightmargin="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0">
<noscript></noscript>
<dnn:Form id="Form" runat="server" ENCTYPE="multipart/form-data" style="”height: 100%;">
<asp:Label ID="SkinError" runat="server" CssClass="NormalRed" Visible="False"></asp:Label>
<asp:PlaceHolder ID="SkinPlaceHolder" runat="server" />
<input id="ScrollTop" runat="server" name="ScrollTop" type="hidden">
<input id="__dnnVariable" runat="server" name="__dnnVariable" type="hidden">
</dnn:Form>
</body>
</html>
Didn't know what to do next. So started checking everything.
1. found a file by the name default.aspx in the website folder of DotNetNuke Folder having exactly the same codes.
2. Found that aspnet wasn't created in the security tab of properties of DotNetNuke Folder, so I created it manually.
3. remember that during the installation of DotNetNuke, the program first displayed the requirements as follow:
Sql Client tools need to be installed SQL2000/MSDE upported
ASP.Net Framework 2.0 must be installed Version 2.0 was detected.
Internet Information Service must be installed Version 5.1.2600.2180 was detected.
As you see in the second line and third line, it says detected but for my SQL Server2000 doesn't say detected.
4. During the installation there was a box for Object Qualifier which I left it blank and clicked next.
What's next now?
Mark