Waiting for localhost, forever!

I have a gridview on my homepage with a view and an edit link that use query strings to display table data in read-only and editable pages, respectively. I get no error messages from my code, it’s simple enough that it doesn’t seem to be missing anything, but when I try to debug or view in browser, I get the permanent pinwheel on my status bar and the message “waiting for localhost”. What am I missing? Does anyone out there have some experience with this particular issue? I’m using C# and ASP.NET in visual studios with sql server 2008.

visual studio copy local

In visual studio, when you add a reference there is a flag in the properties called, “Copy Local”. There is some confusion about what this actually does and when. It seems easy to understand but my question is when does it copy local. Is it when the reference is added or does it copy the dll locally when the project is built.