Hello, 

In my c# website I have set the <identity impersonate="true" /> in the web.config.

I am trying to start a thread in my web service in the following manner:

            if (!isThreadRunning)
            {
                ThreadStart startThread = new ThreadStart(InvokeKeepAliveThread);
                Thread keepAliveThread = new Thread(startThread);
                keepAliveThread.IsBackground = bool.Parse("true");
                keepAliveThread.Priority = ThreadPriority.Lowest;
                keepAliveThread.Start();
            }          
        }
        
        public void InvokeKeepAliveThread()
        {
            while (true)
            {
                CheckExpiredLicenses();
                Thread.Sleep(300000);    // Check once in 5 minutes
            }
        }

 Somehow on my computer it is working fine, but on the computer of my collegue he gets the error:

System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception: Access is denied
When I set impersonation to false in the web.config this part works, but I need to use impersonation somewhere else.

Therefor I was looking for a solution to disable impersonation temporary, to start the thread and then enable it again to use it in another part of the project.

Is there a way to disable impersonation for a while, or is there another solution?

Thanks in advance!