Validation of viewstate MAC failed.

Validation of viewstate MAC failed. If this application is hosted by a Web Farm or cluster, ensure that configuration specifies the same validationKey and validation algorithm. AutoGenerate cannot be used in a cluster.


I am facing this error from last two days, I tried so many resolutions to resolve this problem.

I had tried to know the reason of this error but, unfortunately I am not able to reach the cause of this error.

But, I had find a solution of this error.

Update your web.config with following attributes.
<pages validateRequest="false" enableEventValidation="false" viewStateEncryptionMode ="Never" enableViewStateMac="false">

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