Empty Portals and PortalAlias table after installing DNN on Windows Vista

Question

After installing version 5.02.02 on localhost:81 as a new installation (which didn't run smooth but OK'ed in the end), the following error came up when opening the site:

Domain Name Windows Vista Does Not Exist In The Database

My guess is that the installer doesn't like http://localhost:81 or any other port. After checking the Portals and PortalAlias tables, both came up empty.

• Is there a way to fill these settings interactively?
• If not, how should I fill them by hand and what dependencies should I watch out for? In short: what values go where?
• If not, would it help to reinstall to a mapped domain name (via windows hosts file) on a normal port? EDIT: no, it didn't help

I'm not certain the error's due to the different port. It seems as though DNN tries to map the local machines domain name and wants to fill it in in the Portals table, but doesn't because localhost doesn't match mymachine.example.host.

Answer 1

Most of the errors like this are result of permission/configuration problems, I would recommend to try creating a new website by following this article. Hopefully that will help you a lot.