HttpContext.Current.User is null even though Windows Authentication is on

Question

In IIS7 under Windows Server 2008, I have a virtual directory with anonymous access off and Windows authentication on. In my web.config, I have:

Answer 1

With IIS 7 and asp.net 4.0 the user was still null within Application_AuthenticateRequest() (object sender, EventArgs e). I had to place all authentication logic within the Application_PostAuthenticateRequest() (object sender, EventArgs e). You can see an example here context-user-is-null-in-application-authenticaterequest-via-windows-auth-in-asp