ASP.Net error: “The identity of application pool is invalid”

Question

My ASP.Net web service cannot run because the application pool is unable to start due to the identity crisis it\'s experiencing.

The user I\'m using in the app pool is a

Answer 1

After trying all of the above and nothing worked, I noticed the event data in the event log error was 80070700. googling for this error yielded "An attempt was made to logon, but the network logon service was not started."

I found the NetLogon service wasn't started, started it and bingo - it sprung into life. hope this helps someone else one day