Hello,
Im am trying to create - for the very first time - an asp page
(default.aspx) with visual web developer 2005 express Edition.
I have put a simple button in my default.aspx page with very little code
behind this button.

this is the content of my default.aspx.vb page :
Partial Class _Default
Inherits System.Web.UI.Page
Protected Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As
System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
MsgBox("hallo")
End Sub
End Class
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this is the content of my web.config file :

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!--
   Note: As an alternative to hand editing this file you can use the
   web admin tool to configure settings for your application. Use
   the Website->Asp.Net Configuration option in Visual Studio.
   A full list of settings and comments can be found in
   machine.config.comments usually located in
   \Windows\Microsoft.Net\Framework\v2.x\Config
-->
<configuration xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/.NetConfiguration/v2.0">
   <appSettings/>
   <connectionStrings/>
   <system.web>
       <!--
           Set compilation debug="true" to insert debugging
           symbols into the compiled page. Because this
           affects performance, set this value to true only
           during development.

           Visual Basic options:
           Set strict="true" to disallow all data type conversions
           where data loss can occur.
           Set explicit="true" to force declaration of all variables.
       -->
       <compilation debug="false" strict="false" explicit="true" />
       <pages>
           <namespaces>
               <clear />
               <add namespace="System" />
               <add namespace="System.Collections" />
               <add namespace="System.Collections.Specialized" />
               <add namespace="System.Configuration" />
               <add namespace="System.Text" />
               <add namespace="System.Text.RegularExpressions" />
               <add namespace="System.Web" />
               <add namespace="System.Web.Caching" />
               <add namespace="System.Web.SessionState" />
               <add namespace="System.Web.Security" />
               <add namespace="System.Web.Profile" />
               <add namespace="System.Web.UI" />
               <add namespace="System.Web.UI.WebControls" />
               <add namespace="System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts" />
               <add namespace="System.Web.UI.HtmlControls" />
           </namespaces>
       </pages>
       <!--
           The <authentication> section enables configuration
           of the security authentication mode used by
           ASP.NET to identify an incoming user.
       -->
       <authentication mode="Windows" />
       <!--
           The <customErrors> section enables configuration
           of what to do if/when an unhandled error occurs
           during the execution of a request. Specifically,
           it enables developers to configure html error pages
           to be displayed in place of a error stack trace.

       <customErrors mode="RemoteOnly"
defaultRedirect="GenericErrorPage.htm">
           <error statusCode="403" redirect="NoAccess.htm" />
           <error statusCode="404" redirect="FileNotFound.htm" />
       </customErrors>
       -->
   </system.web>
</configuration>

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when uploading these files to my provider and testing my page, i always get
an error in the web.config file saying that the <connectionStrings/> is not
ok.

I contacted my proveder, but they do not support scripts, they just say that
my web.config file isn't ok.....
Can somebody please help me with a web.config file that will work?
I do also have problems configuring my IIS.  Do i have to make a virtual
directory to make my test work?  Or is IIs just made to test localy?

thank you.