Possibly a bit off topic ... I'm using VS2010 for the first time and will be publishing to a Windows 2008 Server with IIS 7.0 on it.

I just went into IIS 7.0 (which looks nothing like IIS 6.0 (why DO they do that?) and created a web site called 'Fred' which gets its resources from a folder on the D drive. In this case D:\WebSites\Freddy. In that folder there is one document - default.htm.

So, as I was setting the site up in IIS 7.0, I filled in the Site name, then the Physical path and clicked a button that says 'Test Settings'. When I did this it told me that Authentication was successful but that Authorization wasn't ... "Cannot verify access to path (D:\WebSites\Freddy)"

Then, if I look at the Details provided when you click on the error message it says:

"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."

The computer is joined to a domain and the application pool identity is NetworkService.

If I go to the directory in Windows Explorer and select Properties and then click the Security tab ... and then click Edit to add a Group, Computer or User that is to have permissions on that folder ... and add the domain/computer name so that it has read permissions on the folder ... still when I test the settings in IIS 7.0 it says the path cannot be accessed!

It's bad enough having to apparently give the computer access to a folder that is on the computer - but, even having done that, it still won't work.

What am I doing wrong? Wasted a whole afternoon on this nonsense now.

Finally, does IIS 7.0 have Front Page Server capability? Some people say it has, some people say it hasn't.

Thanks for any help.