system.web.httpexception: access denied to c:\begaspnet
what ntfs rights are required on this directory? iis rights on directory?

MachineName\ASPNET. Is c:\betaspnet the wwwroot for your site? If not, it needs to be for a project to work in Visual Studio .NET... I'm assuming that's what you have?

Brian

Actually, I said that wrong; the begaspnet needs to be a virtual underneath the web root folder.

Brian

it is in c:\begaspnet and a virtual directory off default web site: c:intetpub\wwwroot. not using vs.net at this point.
note: server is AD box so local user and groups are not possible. aspnet user not created with .net framework install. do i need to work on a member server?

note listing below from http://www.cadforum.cz/cadforum_en/qaID.asp?tip=3738 where i did run command but can't find aspnet account:

The "ASPNET" user account is created in Windows XP by Microsoft .NET Framework. It is an automatic machine account created to limit access rights of .NET applications.
Do not delete this account. If you delete it accidentally you can re-create it using this command (in Windows, Run):
%systemroot%\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v1.1.4322\asp net_regiis.exe /i

Fixed. Demoted to standalone server and reinstalled .net framework without luck. Then, instead of making virutal directory off wwwroot, created entirely new site with dedicated ip. Works fine now. Wonder if this would have worked as part of AD?