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ktr
two sides to everything

ASP.NET 2.0 User Account .. Not seeing it. Already tried reinstalling .NET. Anyone have any ideas?

cheong

Note that the name is different on WinXP and Win2003.

On WinXP it's ASPNET, while on Win2003 it's NetworkService.

Anyway, if you see aspnet_wp.exe running on WinXP, or w3wp.exe on Win2003, you should be fine.

W3bbo
The Master of Baiters

cheong wrote:
Note that the name is different on WinXP and Win2003.

On WinXP it's ASPNET, while on Win2003 it's NetworkService.

Anyway, if you see aspnet_wp.exe running on WinXP, or w3wp.exe on Win2003, you should be fine.

That's what it says on Microsoft's support site, yet on one of my WS2003 boxes there's an "ASPNET" user object. I don't know how it got there.

blowdart
Peek-a-boo

W3bbo wrote:

cheong wrote:Note that the name is different on WinXP and Win2003.

On WinXP it's ASPNET, while on Win2003 it's NetworkService.

Anyway, if you see aspnet_wp.exe running on WinXP, or w3wp.exe on Win2003, you should be fine.

That's what it says on Microsoft's support site, yet on one of my WS2003 boxes there's an "ASPNET" user object. I don't know how it got there.

.net framework 1.x install.

W3bbo
The Master of Baiters

blowdart wrote:

W3bbo wrote:
That's what it says on Microsoft's support site, yet on one of my WS2003 boxes there's an "ASPNET" user object. I don't know how it got there.

.net framework 1.x install.

My other server doesn't have it though, and they're got nearly identical configurations.

blowdart
Peek-a-boo

W3bbo wrote:

My other server doesn't have it though, and they're got nearly identical configurations.

Is one upgraded from Windows 2000?

ktr
two sides to everything

Yea i fixed it by manually creating the account, then running aspnet_regiis .. yea its weird.. W3bbo's right. I'm running .NET 2.0 on Server 2003 and the user account is ASPNet... works fine for me.

W3bbo
The Master of Baiters

blowdart wrote:

W3bbo wrote:

My other server doesn't have it though, and they're got nearly identical configurations.

Is one upgraded from Windows 2000?

Good point, that's a possibility, it's a server over in California, rented from iPower.

W3bbo
The Master of Baiters

blowdart wrote:

W3bbo wrote:

My other server doesn't have it though, and they're got nearly identical configurations.

Is one upgraded from Windows 2000?

Good point, that's a possibility, it's a server over in California, rented from iPower.

cheong

W3bbo wrote:

That's what it says on Microsoft's support site, yet on one of my WS2003 boxes there's an "ASPNET" user object. I don't know how it got there.

Yes, the account is created when you run "aspnet_regiis - i" but is not actually used to run the worker process.

Emperor Budik

In reply to cheong

#Oct 19th, 2006 @ 7:51 PM

May I just ask why the .Net 2.0 did not create the ASPNET account?

Yes, I am aware that it is replaced with the NETWORK SERVICE account but what I'd like to know is why?

Any inputs on this will be much appreciated and if possible may you site your references.

Thank you very much.

Sven Groot
My name has 9 letters. Coincidence? I think not...

In reply to Emperor Budik

#Nov 7th, 2008 @ 12:44 AM

Asking the same question in more than one thread does not increase the likelihood of it getting answered, and may even be considered rude.