sorry about that. i am developing a project that needs to store the encrypted admin password in a separate file (admin.xml). this file is located in wwwroot/project/bin/FILES/ this works fine until the user changes the password, in which case the password is saved in the "admin.xml" file. after the file update, the session expires :confused: i can't figure out why? the password changing page is at the location wwwroot/project/GUI/chPassword.aspx any suggestions? thanks in advance.