RE: Access to registery

From: Steven Cheng[MSFT] (v-schang_at_online.microsoft.com)
Date: 01/17/04 

Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2004 06:28:35 GMT

Hi Ali,

Thank you for using MSDN Newsgroup! My name is Steven, and I'll be
assisting you on this issue.
>From your description, you encountered the
"System.Security.SecurityException: Requested registry access is not
allowed."
exception when try to add eventlog via
"System.Diagnostics.EventLog.WriteEntry(string);" in ASP.NET application.
If there is anything I misunderstood, please feel free to let me know.

Based on my research, this seem to be a common issue which is due to :
By default, the user token of the ASP.NET worker process is ASPNET (or
NetworkService for applications that run on Internet Information Services
[IIS] 6.0). The problem in the "Symptoms" section occurs because your
account does not have the correct user rights to create an event source.

Also, there is a KB article which has provided the solution on this issue,
you may check it out to see whether it helps:
#PRB: "Requested Registry Access Is Not Allowed" Error Message When ASP.NET
Application Tries to Write New EventSource in the EventLog

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=329291

If you have need any further assistance, please feel free to let me know.

Regards,

Steven Cheng
Microsoft Online Support

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