How do I get the currently loggedin Windows account from an ASP.NET page?
asp.net, c#, security, vb.net, windows-identity
Solution
You have to set authentication mode to `Windows` in your configuration & also disable anonymous users in authorization tag.
Problem
I have an ASP.NET 3.5 application that uses ASP.NET forms authentication. I want to be able to get the Windows user name currently logged into the computer (NOT logged into the ASP.NET application, but into Windows) when data is edited in a page. If I use `Context.User.Identity.Name.Tostring()`, I get the user name logged into the ASP.NET application, but I need the Windows account name. ``` System.Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity.GetCurrent().Name.Tostring() ``` Also, it only works when I run the website from Visual Studio, but after deploying to IIS it returns NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM.