Hi Rick,

Thank you for responding. I did retrieve the account info and it was NETWORK SERVICE.

I tried using the identity element in web.config like

<identity impersonate="true" userName="domain/user" password="pwd"/>

This blew up, so I'll be happy to try your suggestion. Is there somewhere I can read a walkthru on how to do what you suggest? I'm not all that knowledgeable about IIS.

>You can retrieve the account a Web app/service is running under easily with:
>
>

>[WebMethod()]
>public string GetUserName()
>{
>   return Environment.UserName
>}
>

>
>or in an ASPX page:
>
>

>< % = Environment.UserName %>
>

>
>By default this will be NETWORK SERVICE (or ASPNET on XP/Win2000) and this account has no rights to network resources.
>
>If you need network access you'll need to change the service account running the ApplicationPool (IIS 6/7). Create a new ApplicationPool and change the Impersonation Identity for the application pool. Then map this application pool to your site or virtual directory that holds the application.
>
>+++ Rick ---
>
>>I have an ASP.Net web service I'm developing. It calls a COM server written in VFP9 to do backend work. The com server runs fine tested separately. The error I get says a file does not exist on a network drive share, and I expect its because the credentials the web service is running under don't have access to the network.
>>
>>Can anybody walk me through fixing the account a web service runs under to have network access?