I've search and found some 2007 threads, but all havea dead end. If I try to set the user with the GUI I get an error of "BAD Data" so I tried the appcmd approach I found in this forum %windir%\system32\inetsrv\appcmd set appPool SP_APPPOOL -processModel.identityType:SpecificUser %windir...

Hi You have two options here to get you going. 1) leave your application running in Classic Mode. In order to enable this go to the IIS Manager and select the site in which your application is running i.e. Default Web Site. The select the application SampleServer - now on the right hand side of the manager...