by Hal D'Arpini.
I wanted to see if anyone here had any suggestions before I went to godaddy. I'm not sure how to find the logs you mentioned, but there must be a way. I'll start with the moodle log as that's probably the most accessible. Thanks.
My thinking was that maybe the IIS restrictions on the virtual folder I created for the data folder somehow stopped working so the moodle install once again thinks the data folder is accessible from a browser. I wished the hell I knew why the moodle powers to be have to play nanny and not give users the choice to assume the risk that their data folders are accessible or not, but so be it. It's been a pain for me for over a week now.