I found various articles to assist me in installation but still had problems - so am posting how I completed my install. I think I followed all the instructions from the Drupal Install guide ().
Upload
1/ get the latest tar from the drupal.org for 6.4
Uncompress
2/ using the file manager (under Content Publishing)
2a/ upload it to the htdocs directory
2b/ click on the tar (drupal-6.4.tar.gz), the file manager expands it and shows all the files
2c/ in the uncompress toolbar at the bottom of the file manager, enter /htdocs as the destination directory
2d/ exit the uncompress dialog if it does not do it automatically after completion
Change settings
3/ change directory to /htdocs/sites/default
3a/ copy default.settings.php to settings.php
3b/ click on the premissions for settings.php (all the way on the right side)
3c/ change them to rw-rw-rw- in the bottom tool bar (if the permissions set as rw-rw-r--; that is ok)
3d/ change directory to /cgi-bin
3c/ click on new file icon on the top toolbar
3d/ enter file name php.ini
3e/ click on Switch to Text buttom (other wise you are creating HTML content)
3d/ enter following text in the text areas "register_globals = Off" (without the quotes) (I found this in a cached page from google search http://64.233.169.104/search?q=cache:Vvyukqv3I6cJ:m.netvibes.com/univers...)
3e/ click Save
Create Database
4/ select database manager (under Configuration)
4a/ click add
4b/ create the database (write down the user, password, sqlserver)
4c/ click manage on the database you created (phyMyAdmin control panel opens up)
4d/ the grant permissions will fail (network solutions by default grants you all the permissions you need for the user configured you created the database)
4e/ exit the phpMyAdmin
Install Drupal
5/ Run the drupal install from the website (as documented)
5a/ when prompted for database user/password information - make sure you enter the sql server name found on the network solutions database manager control panel for the database you are going to use for the website (not localhost)
5c/ finish installation
5d/ update the $base_url in the settings.php to refer to the website domain (otherwise the URLs - Clean URLs issue will popup; even though during install the test passes and website will not work correctly) (found this nugget of information at the bottom of the following post http://drupal.org/node/128068)
Comments
Re Create Database
Had some problems with the database creation part --- be sure to click the "Advanced Settings" tab, and for the server name, you have to use the actual IP address -- the alias (mysqlv1, etc.) won't work.
Very Helpful
Even for someone like me who was transferring a site to NetSol.