Repost: How to set up Windows XP so that FrontPage recgonises local webs?

Hi - can anyone help me? I'm reposting this because I've had no =
responses to my original post, apart from one suggestion that I =
uninstall and reinstall IIS, which I did but it made no difference.

I'm using FrontPage 2000 and Windows XP SP2. I recently bought a new =
laptop and I can't remember how to set up a local web so that FrontPage =
will recognise it. On my old laptop, if I go into FrontPage and select =
File + Open Web, I can see "Web folders" under "My Computer", and within =
"Web folders" I can see "localhost", and all the websites that I have =
created within localhost. Also, if I type http://localhost/ or =
http://localhost/DavesWeb/, the website opens.

I have copied all my data to my new laptop, and installed IIS and the =
FrontPage 2000 Server Extensions. On my new machine I can go to =
http://localhost/DavesWeb in my browser. But in FrontPage, if I select =
File + Open Web, I can't see "Web folders" under "My Computer"; and if I =
type http://localhost/ or http://localhost/DavesWeb/, I get a message =
saying: "The folder http://localhost/DavesWeb/ [for example] isn't =
accessible. The folder may be located on an unavailable volume or =
protected with a password." The message box also referred me to a text =
file, "wecerr.txt", which stated: "Server Application Error. The server =
has encountered an error while loading an application during the =
processing of your request. Please refer to the even log for more detail =
[sic] information. Please contact the server administrator for =
assistance."

Yet as I say, I can open http://localhost/DavesWeb/ from within my =
browser.

Also, if I go into IIS on my new laptop and right-click the DavesWeb =
folder and select "All Tasks" + "Open in FrontPage", it just opens =
index.html, but not the website (i.e. there's no folder list). And if I =
right-click on "Default Web Site" in IIS and select "All Tasks" + "Open =
With FrontPage", I get in message in FrontPage saying: "The server could =
not complete your request. Contact your Internet Service Provider or web =
server administrator to make sure that the server has the FrontPage =
Server Extensions installed. For more specific information click =
Details." Clicking "Details" gives the same message as in "wecerr.txt" =
above.

Also, if I open "C:\inetpub\wwwroot" in FrontPage, and then right-click =
on the "Davesweb" folder and select "Convert to web", I get a message: =
"Server error: Unable to create a disk-based web at =
"C:\inetpub\wwwroot\Davesweb" because the parent web would not be a =
disk-based web. Create the disk-based web elsewhere, outside of your web =
server's document hierarchy." I tried googling for this, but the posts I =
saw all said I should open the root web in FP as a server based web =
(http://localhost) - which as I say, FrontPage won't let me do.

And whereas on my old laptop, if I open http://localhost/Davesweb in =
FrontPage and select Tools + Web Settings, the dialog box says "Server =
version: Microsoft-IIS/5.1", on my new laptop, if I open =
"C:\inetpub\wwwroot" in FrontPage (it won't let me open =
"C:\inetpub\wwwroot\Davesweb" as a web), and select Tools + Web =
Settings, , the dialog box says "Server version: no server installed."

Clearly I haven't configured IIS correctly in order for FrontPage to =
recognise that there is a local web on http://localhost/ - although my =
browser does recognise it.

What do I need to do to fix this?

Dave