Unable to read project file. Configured to use IIS

Converted a remote solution (resides on development server on intranet) from VS2003 to VS2005. Attempted to open solution from local client using VS2005 SP1 running on Vista. When I attempt to open the solution using VS2005, I get "Unable to read the project file 'proj1.vbproj.' The Web Application Project proj1 is configured to use IIS. Could not find the server 'http://remoteservername' on the local machine.

Belong to administrators group on local client. Ran VS2005 as administrator.

Went into Turn Windows features on and off in control panel on local Vista client and checked all IIS 6 compatability checkboxes as outlined in http://blogs.msdn.com/shahpiyush/archive/2007/06/01/3028325.aspx also, verified that ASP.net box is checked.

The solution is edit the .csproj with notepad and change this line :

To :

<WebProjectProperties>
<UseIIS>False</UseIIS>

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