Hi,

I just installed the 4.3.4_install package with these steps:

1. Unpacked the install package in the "C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\" folder and renamed the folder "C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\nuke". My Dotnetnuke root folder is now "C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\nuke".

2. Configured the IIS and made a web application and configured the folders to have write access for the web process user.

3. Made a SQL 2005 database named "nuke" on my local SQL2005 instance. Added a SQL user named "nuke" with the password "nuke" and gave it the db_owner rights.

4. Configured the web.config file like this:

  <connectionStrings>
    <!-- Connection String for SQL Server 2000/2005 -->
    <add name="SiteSqlServer" connectionString="Server=(local)\SQL2005;Database=nuke;uid=nuke;pwd=nuke;" providerName="System.Data.SqlClient" />
  </connectionStrings>

5. Opened IE with the http://localhost/nuke address. It started up and installed lots of modules etc... the install went fine. I got a link at the bottom telling me that it was installed succesfully and something like "click here to take me to the webside" (I don't remember the text).

6. When I opened the http://localhost/nuke again I get this error:

Server Error in '/nuke' Application.

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Object reference not set to an instance of an object.

Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code.

Exception Details: System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.

Source Error:

[NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.]
   DotNetNuke.Entities.Portals.PortalSettings.GetPortalSettings(Int32 TabId, PortalAliasInfo objPortalAliasInfo) +125
   DotNetNuke.Entities.Portals.PortalSettings..ctor(Int32 tabId, PortalAliasInfo objPortalAliasInfo) +83
   DotNetNuke.HttpModules.UrlRewriteModule.OnBeginRequest(Object s, EventArgs e) +5768
   System.Web.SyncEventExecutionStep.System.Web.HttpApplication.IExecutionStep.Execute() +92
   System.Web.HttpApplication.ExecuteStep(IExecutionStep step, Boolean& completedSynchronously) +64