Dear Jason,

I found the resolution to my problem with a hotfix from MS
it is listed as Q329250 and you must requested from the
support. You have to use the hotfix at your own risk. But
in my case it worked successfully.

You can contact me directly [email]a.theofanopoulos@k-netgroup.com[/email]

Antonis
>-----Original Message-----
>Dear Jason,
>
>I have (I think the same problem) with you. I follow the
>instructions of [url]http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?[/url]
>scid=kb;EN-US;329290
> but I could not make it work. Did you find a workaround
>or a solution...
>I will continue trying...
>
>Thanks
>
>Antonis
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>I'm trying to encrypt/decrypt credentials in the
registry
>for use w/
>>identity impersonation in asp.net and keep getting
errors
>telling me
>>it can't retrieve the password out of the registry. I've
>followed all
>>the directions found in both the .NET Framework SDK Docs
>and the MS KB
>>articles and nothing's worked so far.
>>
>>If anyone has ever successfully managed to get the
>aspnet_setreg
>>utility to encrypt their username/password and then read
>it out of the
>>config file I'd love to hear what you had to do to make
>it work.
>>
>>I've tried everything I can think of regarding registry
>permissions,
>>etc.
>>
>>I'm using vs.net 2k3, asp.net 1.1, on win2k3 server.
>>
>>Thanks,
>>Jason Mauss
>>.
>>
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>