Web Site Administration Tool in VS 2005 Doesn't Work

I am using MS VS 2005 and I'm trying to simply test the Security setup
of a basic web site as I learn ASP.NET 2.0.

The ASP.NET Web Site Administration Tool seems to be really sluggish,
not does it seem to work very well.

1) When you lauch the tool via Website > ASP.NET Configuration, the
interface takes over a browser, if open, regardless of what may be open
on it. That is not good for a web developer who has numerous browsers
open for various reasons. This tool should open in a new browser.

2) The tool is sluggish as hell. This is on a very fast computer with
the latest IIS running on it. It takes MINUTES to load.

3) Clicking on the Security/Application/Provider tabs does nothing. The
page refreshes as if the click went nowhere.

4) If I click on the link *in the page* (say, Security) it takes about
a full minute to tell me "The following message may help in diagnosing
the problem: Unable to connect to SQL Server database. "

5) Any subsequent clicks to Provider, Home, or Application go nowhere
at this point. So, you have to close out the tool and start all over.

6) I can't seem to figure out the method through VS 2005 to get the
database to work with the Admin Tool. I can connect through a Data
Store control. I can connect through the Server Explorer on the right,
but if I try to use the "new and improved" Admin Tool, I seem to go
nowhere.

7) I have already used the command-line aspnet_regsql.exe tool to try
and set up a database connection (this seems counter-intuitive if the
VS 2005 GUI is supposed to solve all my problems, by the way), and it
seems to work, but the Provider section (provided I get to it) says:
"Could not establish a connection to the database"

So, am I doing something incredibly wrong or is this just standard for
bugs in a new release? I quit using the Beta for these same problems
and it doesn't seem like anything is fixed.

I'll be content if I am the problem, but I'm about ready to go back to
notepad if I can't get some work done soon.

rb

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