I managed to figure this out thanks to a technote I found. Basically I had to add IIS_WPG as a user with read and write privileges to the CFusionMX7\runtime\lib\wsconfig folder.
-----Original Message----- From: Dave Watts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 12 February 2007 18:05 To: CF-Talk Subject: SPAM-LOW: RE: Strange CF Install Problem > I've just installed CF 7.02 on windows 2003 using the server > config and all IIS sites, but at the end of the install just > as it opens the administrator for the first time a popup > comes up asking for a username and password for localhost. Make sure that the IIS anonymous user account has read/execute rights on your .cfm files (including those in /CFIDE/administrator), and that the CF service user account has read/execute rights on those files, and full control over the directory in which you installed CF. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers in Washington DC, Atlanta, Chicago, Baltimore, Northern Virginia, or on-site at your location. Visit http://training.figleaf.com/ for more information! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 & MX7 integration & create powerful cross-platform RIAs http:http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:269584 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4

