Error creating IpcChannel on French XP machine   

I have service application that talks to a windows application using 
IpcChannel, with a callback IpcChannel from the windows client to the service.

I have the system up and running on 4 actual XP machines and 2 virtual 
machines, (all XP English / British installs); and the system runs fine.

However; if I install the system on French XP SP3 virtual machine, the 
service fails to start and I get an unhandled exception. I have created an 
English XP SP3 virtual machine on the same platform and the system works fine.

I implemented an UnhandledExceptionEventHandler and added some debug code to 
track the probelm down; the problem occurs when I create the IpcChannel, as 
shown below:

	BinaryClientFormatterSinkProvider clientProvider = new 
BinaryClientFormatterSinkProvider();
	BinaryServerFormatterSinkProvider serverProvider = new 
BinaryServerFormatterSinkProvider();
	IDictionary prop = new Hashtable();

    serverProvider.TypeFilterLevel = 
System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.TypeFilterLevel.Full;
	prop["portName"] = "the-imcgroup.com";
	prop["authorizedGroup"] = "Everyone";
	IpcChannel channel = new IpcChannel(prop, clientProvider, serverProvider);

The line "IpcChannel channel = new IpcChannel(prop, clientProvider, 
serverProvider);" throws the following Exception: "Some or all identity 
references could not be translated."

Having searched the internet, I suspect this is to do with the use of 
english in the "prop" Hash table text, but I can not find any references to a 
fix.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.


     Colin.

date: Thu, 19 Jun 2008 03:08:05 -0700   author:   ColinB