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I am trying to deploy an application in a client network, with AD/domain controller. My application is a simple asp.net c# application, using windows authentication. I am using win2003. Basically, using VS2008, create a new website, hosted on IIS6.0. Only 2 changes. 1. On IIS Directory security for the application, enabled "Integrated Security". Note: anonymous is also enabled. Only one change to the skeleton code generated. Add below to the page_load method of default.aspx using System.Security.Principal; ... protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) { WindowsIdentity id = WindowsIdentity.GetCurrent(); Response.Write("Windows Identity Check "); Response.Write("Name: " + id.Name + " "); Response.Write(" "); Response.Write("User.Identity: " + User.Identity.Name); Response.Write(" "); } Output of browsing to the page: Windows Identity Check- Name: NT AUTHORITY\NETWORK SERVICE User.Identity: The User.Identity.Name does not output the current username. As discussed in this article http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2006/07/12/Recipe_3A00_-Enabling-Windows-Authentication-within-an-Intranet-ASP.NET-Web-application.aspx I added: <authorization> <deny users="?"/> </authorization> From what i userstand is that, when this is added, I can get the current users, username from User.Identity.Name. However, once I added the above, the browser now prompts me for a username and password. Once I enter it, I am able to use User.Identity.Name to get the username. However I do not want the username/password pop up to appear. I w

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