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Asked: 2026-05-15T05:21:10+00:00

Hi: I’m reading up on ASP.NET, and just came to a chapter that explains

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Hi: I’m reading up on ASP.NET, and just came to a chapter that explains how to upload a file to your website. It says that in order to save a file to your file system, in the case of every OS except Win Server ’03, an ASP.NET page executes in the security context of the ASPNET account. I don’t have an ASPNET account running on my machine (win xp pro sp3; .NET 3.5). The program runs fine, by the way, I’m just trying to understand what an ASPNET account is exactly, and why it doesn’t seem to show up on my list of user accounts. Thanks.

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    ASPNET is only used if use IIS. This was the norm in ASP.Net 1.1

    However in new versions of Visual Studio IIS is not needed, so it uses an internal web server.

    If ASPNET exists in a command window ( Start -> Run cmd Clikc OK) type and press enter 

        net user ASPNET

    you should see the details of the account and in Task Manager you will see a process asp_wp.exe

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