ASP.NET Website Losing Session Variables When Loging In With IE

Question

Hi,

I am trying to fix an ASP.NET application that is also written is VB and uses session variables to store the information from the logging page. In Firefox, the application runs just fine, but in IE (I am using IE 8), when I summit the logging credentials, the session variables become empty (takes me back to the logging page).

The weird thing is that when I move the privacy settings in IE (doesn't matter if high to low, or low to high) and enter the logging information again, the application runs great. Also if I restart IIS 6.0 the application runs great. What's going on? Please, help me. Thanks.

Answer 1

Once you restart IIS, how long does it work fine for?

You might be encountering some Application Pool issues.

Is this a new site? If so, you might have some architecture issues.

Answer 2

What's the setting of the smartnavigation property? try setting it to false, I have had strange behaviour similar to yours in the past.

Answer 3

The Session object uses a browser cookie to identify the session from one page to the next. Do you have cookies enabled in your browser?

Answer 4

I am running the application in IIS 5.0 isolation mode and I modified the folder permissions for the crystal report files (.rpt); everything is working fine. Is there anything I should be aware of? Thanks.