Hi I am installing nuke 4.0.9 onto a vista box. Have set up the folder with network service (full control) yet when I try to crate an application in IIS7 I get the " IIS Manager cannot verify whether the built-in account has access" I have been reading the posts on the web and it could be that the machine needs to be given permission but I do not have machine objects in my list of users/policies etc to choose from. If this is the case how do I give machine permissions (i'm thinking its only on server 2003 and such that you can do this. Is there a work around/fix for this authentication to work in Vista? And is it the machine permissions at all? is there another user account that needs permission. The error reads : 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 how do I make sure domain\computer_name$ has read access? I had to remove the brackets

ps using sql express 2008 too

I'm confused. Are you installing on Vista or on a Server 2003?

I think that part of the issue is domain\computer_name$. Where does this come from?

Thanks I'm using Vista and sql express 2008. I have followed your videos and when I get to the point of creating an "Application" in IIS7 and I click the Test connection button it tells me that authentication to the folder path failed ie in my case C:\websites\nuke_4_9. In older versions I would create a virtual directory and point it here but now I need to create an application and when I do I click the test connection button and i get the fail to authenticate message. From reading websites some people think that the (domain)/(computer_name)$ needs to be given permissions but when I go to the folder/properties/security/edit and click the add button I only have "users,groups and built in security policies" none of which is the machine object. The help files say that computers can be in this list but I can not add then or enable them. I have "authenticated users" "System" "Network Service" "administrators\my_pcname\administrators" "users" and "II_IUSR" all having full permission on the folder. Is there something I am missing? I have followed your tutorial using sql express 2005 and sql server 2008 with the same error. Hope this makes it clearer If I ignore the message and carry on and try to install the web site I get "ERROR: Could not connect to database specified in connectionString for SqlDataProvider" the web config file is using the connection string for sql 2005 (which i believe is the same for 2008......maybe I'm wrong lol I'm no expert.

On my Vista machine, there is still the option to add a virtual directory under Default Web Site.  Right-click on Default Web Site to get to that option.

I don't think that you want to try to create an application.

Still get the same message

Can you create a simple website with a single .htm page?  Just put index.htm in the directory with "Hello" as the file contents.

Can you create and then see that site?

yes I tried that still got the same error when testing but IIS will display the page

I guess the good new is that we now know that this is a problem with your IIS install, since the error occurs outside the context of DotNetNuke.

You might want to uninstall IIS, reboot, and install it again.  I don't know that this will solve the problem, but it won't make it any worse! 

I tried that and it didnt work, I did get around it (not a fix as i'm only testing this locally) by choosing (at the time of creating an application or virtual directory in stead of pass trhough authentication i specified a user ie my own administrator user name and pass word. I think this may be that vista although logs you on as administrator account doesnt quite let your account have complete administrator privaledges. Thinking I was on the home strech I run nuke with expectation but it crashed again when it couldnt create an instance of the database. I'm thinking its because i have installed and uninstalled 2005 and 2008 in the hope of fixing it but i'm now thinking it has left stuff in the registry. is there a tool to clean your machine of sql server for a fresh install?

Connection Error(s): Index #: 0 Source: .Net SqlClient Data Provider Class: 14 Number: 15372 Message: Failed to generate a user instance of SQL Server due to a failure in starting the process for the user instance. The connection will be closed.

or could this still be permissions?

Ok its not a fix but a work around cos to be honest a flattened machine was looking good to get rid of instances of the database when i noticed you can specify a database in the typical setup so installed a new instance with a different name, a fresh set of dotnuke install files and away it went. Onwards and upwards. There is a fix here but felt a bit out my league to be confident with it

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955396 Many thanks for your thoughts J

Ignore this because it caused more privaledge problems after it installed and tried to run. I went back to the drawing board, once i fixed the database problem i ignored the "Unable to authenticate" warning on the test connections. Carried on with the install and can say it has installed properly and seems to be working.

hello,

Glad you got it working. I had problems when testing a SQL Server 2008 with 2005 already installed, so I tend to just use one version at a time. I do this by using Virtual PCS. If you are going to be running multiple test environments for DNN, I highly recommend you checkout VPC:
How to setup and use Microsoft Virtual PC 2007


Joe just to let you know:

In IIS7 you do want to create an application, even though you have the virtual directory option available.

Thanks,