In some environments the following error may occur for ASP.NET:
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.
There are a few reasons of this error and you can solve it by adding MachineKey to the Web.config file of your application. To do this follow the steps: Continue reading