The process model section it discusses is located in machine.config (\WINNT\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v1.0.3705\CONFIG)
It defaults to "machine", which uses a low priviledge user "ASPNET" We had problems doing this in a domain controller as well, and as we were deploying to an intranet serving a company of 6 people, security isn't an issue, and we set it to "system" I'm sure there will be security issues doing it that way, but in our case it's for an In your case however, you may want to see what the security ramifications are in doing that way Merak > -----Original Message----- > From: Lars Löfström [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 16 May 2002 16:33 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [DOTNET] Web service problem: Server application not > available > > > Hi - need some help on this; > Ive made a simple WebService app in C# on a developing > computer (WINXPprof). It works just fine on this computer - > when I test it with Internet Explorer the methods shows up in > the browser. > > Then I made a Web Setup project and installed the Webservice > on a machine that is a Domain Controller and also runs IIS > 5.0 for the Intranet. The web service and its files seems to > be installed where they should be. The IIS works fine with > html and with asp but when I try to test the WebService on > the server machine with > http://server/WebServiceTest/WSTest.asmx I get > the error: > > > "Server Application Unavailable > The web application you are attempting to access on this web > server is currently unavailable. Please hit the "Refresh" > button in your web browser to retry your request. > > Administrator Note: An error message detailing the cause of > this specific request failure can be found in the system > event log of the web server. Please review this log entry to > discover what caused this error to occur." > > The application log says > "aspnet_wp.exe could not be started HRESULT for the failure > 800004005" and "aspnet_wp.exe could not be launched because > the username and/or password in the processmodel section of > the config file are invalid" It is no problem to manually > start the ASP.NET State service. But it doesnt help either... > > What am I doing wrong?? You can read messages from the DOTNET archive, unsubscribe from DOTNET, or subscribe to other DevelopMentor lists at http://discuss.develop.com.