VS.NET 2003 'HTTP/1.1 403 Forbidden'

Hi folks - Whenever I try to access or create a web project in VS.NET 2003"http://sampleurl.com/WebProject1", 'HTTP/1.1 403 Forbidden'.
All the tech notes I have read on this matter say I should check my IIS setting or Web App tool and make sure they are set up correctly or that I have a Web App turned on. According to DiscountASP's tech notes, any project created by VS.NET in the root is already a web app. The other things I have found on the subject say that I should change my 'Execute Permissions' option, butI don't have that option in the control panel. I don't think it makes a difference, but I'm using VS.NET 2003 and trying to create a web project on a server with .NET framework 2.0. The same problem occurred when I reset the account to 1.1. Any ideas?

Thanks!