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Features are the new way to add functionalities to WSS 3.0 or MOSS 2007. If you are working with features a lot there is good chance you occasionally get a "You are not authorized to view this page" - Error 403 - when you try to manage your features - either site or web scoped. To manage features in the user interface you navigate to ManageFeatures.aspx. This can be very frustrating and may have you scratching your head. The fix is actually simple. Chances are you manually added a new feature to the FEATURES directory and did not inherit the FEATURES permissions. The error is slightly misleading. You are most likely authorized to view the page but the account is not authorized to access one or more of the files contained inside of the new feature. The most common reason the new directory and files do not inherit the correct permissions is because you cut and pasted one or more of the files to the new location. Cutting and pasting will bring along it's permissions while co...

when I try to create a user I get the following An error was encountered. Please return to the previous page and try again. The following message may help in diagnosing the problem: The configured Role Provider (WindowsTokenRoleProvider) relies upon Windows authentication to determine the groups that the user is allowed to be a member of. ASP.NET Role Manager cannot be used to manage Windows users and groups. Please use the SQLRoleProvider if you would like to support custom user/role assignment. at System.Web.Administration.WebAdminPage.CallWebAdminHelperMethod(Boolean isMembership, String methodName, Object[] parameters, Type[] paramTypes) at ASP.addUser_aspx.PopulateCheckboxes() in c:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50215\ASP.NETWebAdminFiles\Security\Users\addUser.aspx:line 28 at ASP.addUser_aspx.Page_Load() in c:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50215\ASP.NETWebAdminFiles\Security\Users\addUser.aspx:line 22 at System.Web.Util.CalliHelper.ArglessFunctionCaller(IntPtr fp, O...