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IIS is able to impersonate the IUSR_<computername> account because the user name and password for this account are known by IIS. Before returning a page to the client, IIS checks NTFS file and directory permissions to see if the IUSR_<computername> account is allowed access to the file.
To add the worker process account to the IIS_IUSRS group. 1  Click Start and then click Server Manager. 2  In the Server Manager screen, expand Configuration, expand Local Users and Groups, and then click Groups. 3  Right-click the IIS_IUSRS group, and then click Add to Group.  In the IIS_IUSRS Properties dialog box, click Add.