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

I had this same issue and fought with it for quite a while. After attempting many different solutions, I uninstalled and reinstalled IIS. After rebooting the server, everything was fixed.