This may not answer your complete question, but if you're running your server as a DC, the aspnet_wp.exe process runs under the IWAM account (for the .NET framework v1.1 only, not v1.0).

You can verify this by first running an .ASPX page on the server to make sure the process is loaded, then looking at Task Manager's processes tab. Find the aspnet_wp.exe Image Name, make sure you've got the User Name column showing, and (assuming you're running a DC) sure enough, you'll see the IWAM_< machine name > account.

This was one of the changes in the framework upgrade.

Now, what to do about your missing account? Frankly I've no idea, but you might try posting on http://asp.net/.



>Hey all,
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>I recently built a Win Server 2003 RC2 box, and after creating a web-service that conmmunicates with my internal SQL server, I now notice that there is no ASPNET user account on the 2003 server. Consequently, the SQL server dosen't like 2003 trying to execute stored procedures via the web-service. Am I missing something here? I assume I'd need to create the ASPNET account, but my ASPX are processing fine for anonymous connections...and it is the ASPNET account that these are processed under...no?
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>Thanks!