Sorry to start a new thread on this issue. I noticed there were quite a few posts on this already. None of them seem to work for me.
Here's my background. I'm running Windows 7.0, SS 2008 R2, and VS 2008. I created a test Database test2012a with onr Customer table. And I created a test web site MembershipTest. I attempted to use the ASP.net Web Site Administration tool and clicked on security. I got the following error message
There is a problem with your selected data store. This can be caused by an
invalid server name or credentials, or by insufficient permission. It can also
be caused by the role manager feature not being enabled. Click the button below
to be redirected to a page where you can choose a new data store.
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