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thx ghia,
wiped directories at www and databse,
added 2.32b htdocs and did protector fix (mainfile.dist.php)
renamed xoops_dirs to ????_dirs
added root to administrators
reset permissions in OS
created datadir and added IWAM and root at parent with full permissions(MySQL\Data diirectory)
reset permissions in IIS; added write enabled at cache, templates_c,uploads and ????_data and subdirs.
added write to mainfile.php
install gets thru Step#7 (configsave)
hits error #500 at Step#8 (tablescreate)
although db.opt has been written)
is there a protector edit that I am missing?