Unrecognized configuration section 'connectionStrings'

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<P>Hello ,can someone help me in the following :</P>
<P> I have some pages that have been created with VWD express but when I try to test these pages with Dreamweaver or when I upload these pages on to a Host provider I get the following error message:</P>
<H2><I>Configuration Error</I> </H2>
<P><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, Geneva, SunSans-Regular, sans-serif <B>Description: </B>An error occurred during the processing of a configuration file required to service this request. Please review the specific error details below and modify your configuration file appropriately.

<B>Parser Error Message: </B>Unrecognized configuration section connectionStrings

<B>Source Error:</B>

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<TD><CODE><PRE>Line 10: <configuration>
Line 11: <appSettings/>
<FONT color=red>Line 12: <connectionStrings>
</FONT>Line 13: <add name="membersConnectionString" connectionString="Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=|DataDirectory|/members.mdb;Persist Security Info=True"
Line 14: providerName="System.Data.OleDb" /></PRE></CODE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></P>
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<B><FONT face=Verdana>Source File: </FONT></B>c:inetpubwwwrootentrepweb.config<B><FONT face=Verdana> Line: </FONT></B>12 </P>
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<P>what could I do to overcome this error?

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<P><B><FONT face=Verdana>Version Information:</FONT></B> Microsoft .NET Framework Version:1.1.4322.2032; ASP.NET Version:1.1.4322.2032 </FONT><!--
[ConfigurationException]: Unrecognized configuration section connectionStrings (c:inetpubwwwrootentrepweb.config line 12)
at System.Web.Configuration.HttpConfigurationSystem.CacheLookup(String vpath)
at System.Web.Configuration.HttpConfigurationSystem.ComposeConfig(String reqPath, IHttpMapPath configmap)
at System.Web.HttpContext.GetCompleteConfigRecord(String reqpath, IHttpMapPath configmap)
at System.Web.HttpContext.GetCompleteConfig()
at System.Web.HttpContext.GetConfig(String name)
at System.Web.HttpContext.GetLKGConfig(String name)
-->
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