I just intalled VWD 2005 Express beta-2 on Windows 2000 SP4
and I did create a new web site.
Just after the creation of the web site (I haven't added anything in the project yet, I went in Website -> ASP.NET Configuration and I got the following error :

Configuration Error in web.config line 42 after installation
ViXtor
Can someone help I'm with the same problemm...
HSH
Ueslei
mvillatem
The first thing that I would do is to remove the beta 2 product and install the full release package, since the release of the RTM version there have been some major changes.
Visual studio express editions FAQ
http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/support/faq/
Visual Studio Express edition Registration FAQ
http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/register/faq/
Direct Link to the Visual Studio Starter Kits on MSDN
http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/downloads/starterkits/
Manual Install Packages for Visual Studio Express
http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/support/install/
Uninstalling Previous Versions of Visual Studio 2005
http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/support/uninstall/default.aspx
Visual Studio 2005 Product Line Overview
http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/products/compare/default.aspx