Steve,

Excellent, that corrected my SQL install problem! How did you track that down? You should get the John von Neumann debugging prize! I still have a problem however and wondered if you have a clue about this:

Compiler Error Message: BC30392: 'Catch' cannot catch type 'exception' because it is not 'System.Exception' or a class that inherits from 'System.Exception'.

Source Error:

Line 213:                ' call databind so that any server logic in the skin is executed

Line 214:                ctlSkin.DataBind()

Line 215:            Catch exc As Exception

Line 216:                ' could not load user control

Line 217:                Dim lex As New PageLoadException("Unhandled error loading page.", exc)

Source File: D:\Visual Studio Projects\DotNetNuke_2\Website\Default.aspx.vb    Line: 215

I got this at the beginning of the install in Global.asax.vb and Install.aspx.vb and corrected it by changing Exception to System.Exception (See my post today at 7:11 AM). It seems to me that I should not have to make code changes like this to install. Have you encountered this? Is this possibly another configuration or environment problem?

I am on ASP.NET 2.0.50727 and DNN4.02 also but no, I did not compile first. I'll try that. It sounds like there might be some difference in the compile process in VS 2005 and the JIT process with page compiles. I didn't think that was possible. I'll try your suggestion but I think I'll do some more research even if it works. This kind of stuff makes me lose confidence in the stability of the application. I did find some old posts on an unrelated C++ forum that suggested the BC30392 happens in mixed managed and unmanaged environments. Also I do have more than one .NET Framework installed and I still have VS 2003 installed. That's supposed to be OK. But who knows? There are always nuances!

Thanks,

GM