Installation :: Cannot Connect To Local Host Error When Creating Web Pages In Web Developer 2010

I'm new to ASP and was hoping to get some hands-on experience of web development, but have been having trouble getting started.

I followed the instructions in the [URL] setup video, and downloaded and ran the plaform installer. I noticed that the "Web Platform" section of the installer was didn't have the "Web Server" section at the top, as shown on the instruction video [URL] but it otherwise seemed to install ok.

When I tried to follow the tutorial videos on [URL] using MS Visual Web Developer 2010, I am unable to debug the application. The web page it loads just says: "The webpage "localhost:xxxxx" cannot be found" (where xxxxx is the five digit random port number).

I've tried uninstalling Visual Web Developer, and the various Microsoft .NET and SQL Server using the Vista uninstall functionality of the control panel (as bet as I could -I'm not sure if there was something I missed), and then re-installing, but I still get the same problem.

I've tried to find a solution on some developer forums, and I noticed there are posts relating to webdev.webserver.exe relating to the error message I've been getting. However I haven't been able to find any info on this for VS 2010.

I've checked, and I don't have webdev.webserver.exe in C:Program FilesCommon Filesmicrosoft sharedDevServer or in C:WindowsMicrosoft.NETFrameworkV2.0.50727, although I do have WebDev.WebServer20 and WebDev.WebServer40. inC:Program FilesCommon Filesmicrosoft sharedDevServer 10 (I'm not sure if one of these is the equivalent files for VS2010.)

I've also made Internet Explorer my default web browser, since some of the forum posts mention this. My firewall is on, but I don't get any error messages relating to the firewall when I run the app. However, I wasn't sure whether there was a particular program I should add to my "allowed" list before running.

I ran the diagnostic tool: [URL] and I get the following output:

THE FOLLOWING SCRIPT will check to make sure that .NET Framework 3.5 is installed properly and will tell you what is not configured appropriately WINDOWS VERSION: 6.0.6002 POTENTIAL ERROR: REGISTRYDUMP: reg query "HKLMSOFTWAREMicrosoftNET Framework SetupNDPv2.0.50727" /v "SP"

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftNET Framework SetupNDPv2.0.50727 SP REG_DWORD 0x2

ERROR: NetFx2.0 SP1 is not installed POTENTIAL ERROR: REGISTRYDUMP: reg query "HKLMSOFTWAREMicrosoftNET Framework SetupNDPv3.0" /v "SP"

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftNET Framework SetupNDPv3.0 SP REG_DWORD 0x2

ERROR: Netfx3.0 SP1 is not installed

I presume there's been some problem with installation and setup. However, I'm not sure what exactly I need to re-install (if anything) to fix it.