Hi, I recently installed Internet Information Services on my laptop, but have been having a problom with ASP.NET pages that I create in Microsoft Visual Web Developer 2005. I am using a DynDNS hostname to address the server, and set up my router to foward port 80 to my computer. When I type in http://localhost/web_test/default.a... I get a "Server Error in '/web_test' Application" message. It says: Server Error in '/Web_Test' Application. Failed to access IIS metabase. 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.Web.Hosting.HostingEnvironmentException: Failed to access IIS metabase. The process account used to run ASP.NET must have read access to the IIS metabase (e.g. IIS://servername/W3SVC). For information on modifying metabase permissions, please see http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=... Source Error: An unhandled exception was generated during the execution of the current web request. Information regarding the origin and location of the exception can be identified using the exception stack trace below. Stack Trace: [HostingEnvironmentException: Failed to access IIS metabase.] System.Web.Configuration.MetabaseServerConfig.MapPathCaching(String siteID, VirtualPath path) +3500394 System.Web.Configuration.MetabaseServerConfig.System.Web.Configuration.IConfigMapPath.MapPath(String siteID, VirtualPath vpath) +9 System.Web.Hosting.HostingEnvironment.MapPathActual(VirtualPath virtualPath, Boolean permitNull) +163 System.Web.CachedPathData.GetConfigPathData(String configPath) +382 System.Web.CachedPathData.GetConfigPathData(String configPath) +243 System.Web.CachedPathData.GetApplicationPathData() +68 System.Web.CachedPathData.GetVirtualPathData(VirtualPath virtualPath, Boolean permitPathsOutsideApp) +3393715 System.Web.Configuration.RuntimeConfig.GetLKGRuntimeConfig(VirtualPath path) +189 Version Information: Microsoft .NET Framework Version:2.0.50727.42; ASP.NET Version:2.0.50727.210