Visual Studio .NET setup from hell

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In hopes of getting Visual Studio .NET running on my Win XP Pro computer I
have un and reinstalled VS.NET (various versions), .NET Framework (various
versions), various MySQL and other databases etc. I have never been able to
go to a localhost site on this machine, in two months of trying everything
suggested by lost of folks.

I just removed and reinstalled .NET Framework again from the MS update site.
But when I try to open an ASP.NET new project, instead of the usual error
messages trying to get to http://localhost/ I am asked for a user name and
password to my own machine. I put in my normal domain\username and
password, then it denies my access to the folder. Why is there a password
on my own machine, what is it, how did it get set and how do I change it?

Win XP Pro, Wisual Studio .NET Pro, 60 day trial, .NET Framework 1.1 from
the Windows update site.

Mich


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