Hi All, I put together a quick tutorial on how to setup SQL Server 2008, and in particular the security required for configuring an ASP.NET application. http://blog.evonet.com.au/post/2008/08/24/Setting-up-SQL-Server-2008-for-an-ASPNET-website-on-IIS-70.aspx Apologies if this is not the right place to post this. Bartek