After logging into my application I get the following error: The state information is invalid for this page and might be corrupted. Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code. Exception Details: System.Web.HttpException: The state information is invalid for this page and might be corrupted. Stack Trace: [ArgumentException: The serialized data is invalid.] System.Web.UI.ObjectStateFormatter.Deserialize(Stream inputStream) +205 System.Web.UI.ObjectStateFormatter.Deserialize(String inputString) +337 System.Web.UI.ObjectStateFormatter.System.Web.UI.IStateFormatter.Deserialize(String serializedState) +4 System.Web.UI.Util.DeserializeWithAssert(IStateFormatter formatter, String serializedState) +37 System.Web.UI.HiddenFieldPageStatePersister.Load() +147 [ViewStateException: Invalid viewstate. Client IP: 72.144.183.87 Port: 62373 Referer: http://xlinkconcepts.com/Login.aspx Path: /Login.aspx User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 6.1; Trident/4.0; SLCC2; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET CLR 3.0.30729; Media Center PC 6.0; .NET4.0C; .NET4.0E) ViewState: bzWgeqtEST6bYMeA85nuAbhX7CPtQwyxyrY9vp4uQD+NBraybw4C+I61uz4pOrNzMepsZZ63tSm9Dsw3+TuG9T/DZnpPDtVa66Lztu1DULH3ZO1ZELGGuJofTbymZoszdNpM5Q==] [HttpException (0x80004005): The state information is invalid for this page and might be corrupted.] System.Web.UI.ViewStateException.ThrowError(Exception inner, String persistedState, String errorPageMessage, Boolean macValidationError) +198 System.Web.UI.ViewStateException.ThrowViewStateError(Exception inner, String persistedState) +14 System.Web.UI.HiddenFieldPageStatePersister.Load() +251 System.Web.UI.Page.LoadPageStateFromPersistenceMedium() +106 System.Web.UI.Page.LoadAllState() +43 System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestMain(Boolean includeStagesBeforeAsyncPoint, Boolean includeStagesAfterAsyncPoint) +8431 System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequest(Boolean includeStagesBeforeAsyncPoint, Boolean includeStagesAfterAsyncPoint) +253 System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequest() +78 System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestWithNoAssert(HttpContext context) +21 System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequest(HttpContext context) +49 ASP.login_aspx.ProcessRequest(HttpContext context) in App_Web_fjzoi4vq.0.cs:0 System.Web.CallHandlerExecutionStep.System.Web.HttpApplication.IExecutionStep.Execute() +100 System.Web.HttpApplication.ExecuteStep(IExecutionStep step, Boolean& completedSynchronously) +75 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Version Information: Microsoft .NET Framework Version:4.0.30319; ASP.NET Version:4.0.30319.1 This works in development environment, IIS 6. Anonymous Authentication Forms Authentication machinekey encryption method SHA1 Decryption Auto Automatically generate at runtime. Any ideas? Thanks.