Distribution Provisioning Profile - Device ERROR

Hey,
I created a Distribution Provisioning Profile, but somehow, I get an error...
When I click Build and Go I get an alert window: The the device doesn't have provisioning profile the application was signed with. (iPhone SDK 2.2.1)
It's strange, because I have the Development Provisioning Profile on my iPod Touch, but somehow, I can't sign it for distribution.
Can someone tell me, what the mistake is? I created an other Distribution Provisioning Profile maybe 3 months ago, and that worked, so it is really strange, having these problems now.
Thank you very much in advance!

Start over...
Did you create/download all three of these?
• yourapp_nameprofileName.mobileprovision
• distribution_identity.cer
• AppleWWDRCA.cer
Did you keychain access/approve the new distribution certs?
Did you toss all the new k'chained d'certs onto the project?
Did you clone the app's release configuration and rename it 'Distribution'?
Did you select the new 'iPhone Distribution' code sign profile for both instances in the apps's build tab?
Did you close/open the project after the above?
Did you configure the project for device and distribution & build for release in all the right places?
Did you include a 57X57 app icon in png format?
Again, if the error mentions 'device', you still have a 'device' provisioning certificate mixed into the 'distribution' process at some point. Sorry, but I can't tell what you may have done to get to that point, exactly.
In my experience, it is quicker to clean out and start over with fresh distribution certificates, repeating the entire distribution/configuration/build/upload process, step-by-step, than it is to probe for one or more 'things' that may be contributing to the problem.

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here i am giving the link of my build settings for Distribution Configuration:
http://reportingmanager.com/NevaGarments/ScreenShot/Picture.png
please let me know what needs to be done.
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