LDAP ComException (0x8002801C): Error accessing the OLE registry

[Jody Gelowitz]

This one should be relatively simple, though I have yet to figure it out. I
have an ASP.NET project which uses LDAP authentication to login to the
system. When run on our Development or Staging servers, the authentication
works great! When running the project on my local computer under
\\localhost, I get the following error:

System.Runtime. InteropServices .COMException (0x8002801C): Error accessing
the OLE registry
at System.Director yServices.Direc toryEntry.Bind( Boolean throwIfFail)
at System.Director yServices.Direc toryEntry.Bind( )
at System.Director yServices.Direc toryEntry.get_A dsObject()
at System.Director yServices.Direc torySearcher.Fi ndAll(Boolean
findMoreThanOne )
at System.Director yServices.Direc torySearcher.Fi ndOne()

The code is as follows:
search = New DirectorySearch er(Entry)
search.Filter = "(SAMAccountNam e=" & strUsername & ")"
search.Properti esToLoad.Add("c n")
Dim result As SearchResult = search.FindOne( ) '**** This is where the
error occurs ***
I am running WinXP SP2 on my local computer. Any ideas?

Thanks,
Jody

[Jody Gelowitz]

For those who are experiencing the same issues, I was able to get around
this by setting the "Account used for anonymous access" to an administrator
for the virtual directory containing my project within IIS. I am still not
completely satisfied with this solution, but at least it gets me around the
issue for the time being.

Thanks,

Jody

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This one should be relatively simple, though I have yet to figure it out.
I have an ASP.NET project which uses LDAP authentication to login to the
system. When run on our Development or Staging servers, the
authentication works great! When running the project on my local computer
under \\localhost, I get the following error:

System.Runtime. InteropServices .COMException (0x8002801C): Error accessing
the OLE registry
at System.Director yServices.Direc toryEntry.Bind( Boolean throwIfFail)
at System.Director yServices.Direc toryEntry.Bind( )
at System.Director yServices.Direc toryEntry.get_A dsObject()
at System.Director yServices.Direc torySearcher.Fi ndAll(Boolean
findMoreThanOne )
at System.Director yServices.Direc torySearcher.Fi ndOne()

The code is as follows:
search = New DirectorySearch er(Entry)
search.Filter = "(SAMAccountNam e=" & strUsername & ")"
search.Properti esToLoad.Add("c n")
Dim result As SearchResult = search.FindOne( ) '**** This is where the
error occurs ***
I am running WinXP SP2 on my local computer. Any ideas?

Thanks,
Jody