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Created On10/28/2009
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Validation of Viewstate MAC Failed
Validation of Viewstate MAC Failed

This error typically occurs when an application pool is recycled causing a reset of an automatically generated machineKey. The solution to this error is to generate a static machineKey and place it in the web.config or machine.config file.

To generate a static machineKey please visit theĀ MachineKey Generator.