I am trying to get DNN installed on company server (MS Server 2003) for an intranet project I am working on. Most of the documentation I have found involves installation on a localhost or hosting provider. There is not much current information available that describes the install process for my situation.

I have been successful installing DNN on a localhost for evaluation purposes, but my efforts to install DNN on the server have been anything but successful. I have tried using the "Install" package and the "Starter Kit" with similar results. Most of my attempts to install DNN have stalled when I try to connect to the database.

Here is what I have done;

I installed IIS 6.0, .net 2.0, Asp.net 2.0, VWD Express 2008 & SQL Express 2008 on the server.

I unzipped the Install package to a folder named DotNetNuke and gave Network Service the necessary permissions.

I created a virtual directory in IIS named DotNetNuke, set default.aspx, and insured asp 2.0 was set. Should I create a new "WebSite" instead of virtual directory?

I created a database in SQL named "DotNetNuke",  a login named dnnuser w/ SQL authentication, and a user named dnnuser  w/ db Owner privelages.

I changed the Connectionstring and Appsettting in my web.config file to ....value="Server= CORPSRV0123\SQLEXPRESS; Database=DotNetNuke;uid=dnnuser; pwd=mypass;"

I then opened IE on my server and navigated to localhost\dotnetnuke. Should I use a remote computer and navigate to the server IP\dotnetnuke to install DNN?

I hope someone here can offer some help for a network and DNN novice. Thanks in advance,