AspNetSqlMembershipProvider always picking up machine.config settings - not picking up web.config asp.net c#

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Hi here is my full web.config

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!--
    Note: As an alternative to hand editing this file you can use the
    web admin tool to configure settings for your application. Use
    the Website->Asp.Net Configuration option in Visual Studio.
    A full list of settings and comments can be found in
    machine.config.comments usually located in
    \Windows\Microsoft.Net\Framework\v2.x\Config
-->
<configuration>
      <configSections>
            <sectionGroup name="system.web.extensions" type="System.Web.Configuration.SystemWebExtensionsSectionGroup, System.Web.Extensions, Version=1.0.61025.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35">
                  <sectionGroup name="scripting" type="System.Web.Configuration.ScriptingSectionGroup, System.Web.Extensions, Version=1.0.61025.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35">
                        <section name="scriptResourceHandler" type="System.Web.Configuration.ScriptingScriptResourceHandlerSection, System.Web.Extensions, Version=1.0.61025.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35" requirePermission="false" allowDefinition="MachineToApplication"/>
                        <sectionGroup name="webServices" type="System.Web.Configuration.ScriptingWebServicesSectionGroup, System.Web.Extensions, Version=1.0.61025.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35">
                              <section name="jsonSerialization" type="System.Web.Configuration.ScriptingJsonSerializationSection, System.Web.Extensions, Version=1.0.61025.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35" requirePermission="false" allowDefinition="Everywhere"/>
                              <section name="profileService" type="System.Web.Configuration.ScriptingProfileServiceSection, System.Web.Extensions, Version=1.0.61025.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35" requirePermission="false" allowDefinition="MachineToApplication"/>
                              <section name="authenticationService" type="System.Web.Configuration.ScriptingAuthenticationServiceSection, System.Web.Extensions, Version=1.0.61025.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35" requirePermission="false" allowDefinition="MachineToApplication"/>
                        </sectionGroup>
                  </sectionGroup>
            </sectionGroup>
    <section name="Membership" type="System.Web.Security.SqlMembershipProvider, System.Web, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a"/>
            <section name="MemberShip" type="ExtendedMembership.MemberShipConfiguration, ExtendedMembership" allowDefinition="MachineToApplication"/>
            <section name="dataConfiguration" type="Microsoft.Practices.EnterpriseLibrary.Data.Configuration.DatabaseSettings, Microsoft.Practices.EnterpriseLibrary.Data, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null"/>
            <section name="loggingConfiguration" type="Microsoft.Practices.EnterpriseLibrary.Logging.Configuration.LoggingSettings, Microsoft.Practices.EnterpriseLibrary.Logging, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null"/>
            <section name="exceptionHandling" type="Microsoft.Practices.EnterpriseLibrary.ExceptionHandling.Configuration.ExceptionHandlingSettings, Microsoft.Practices.EnterpriseLibrary.ExceptionHandling, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null"/>
      </configSections>
      <appSettings/>
      <dataConfiguration defaultDatabase="LocalSqlServer"/>
      <connectionStrings>
            <remove name="LocalSqlServer"/>
            <add name="LocalSqlServer" connectionString="Data Source=XXX;Initial Catalog=XXX;Integrated Security=true;" providerName="System.Data.SqlClient"/>
      </connectionStrings>

 
 
  <MemberShip defaultProvider="SqlMemberShipProvider">
    <providers>
      <clear/>
      <add name="SqlMemberShipProvider"                      
        type="ExtendedMembership.SqlMemberShipProvider, ExtendedMembership"                
        applicationName="/"
        connectionStringName="LocalSqlServer"
        description="Extended MemberShip API"/>
    </providers>
  </MemberShip>


  <Membership>
    <providers>
      <clear/>
      <remove name="AspNetSqlMembershipProvider" />
      <add name="AspNetSqlMembershipProvider"
           type="System.Web.Security.SqlMembershipProvider, System.Web, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a"
        connectionStringName="LocalSqlServer"
        enablePasswordRetrieval="true"
        enablePasswordReset="false"
        requiresQuestionAndAnswer="false"
        applicationName="/"
        requiresUniqueEmail="true"
        passwordFormat="clear"
        maxInvalidPasswordAttempts="15"
        minRequiredPasswordLength="1"
        minRequiredNonalphanumericCharacters="0"
        passwordAttemptWindow="30"
        passwordStrengthRegularExpression="" />

    </providers>
  </Membership>
   
  <location path="Reminder.aspx">
    <system.web>
      <authorization>
        <allow users="?" />
      </authorization>
    </system.web>
  </location>
 
  <location path="Register.aspx">
    <system.web>
      <authorization>
        <allow users="?" />
      </authorization>
    </system.web>
  </location>

  <system.net>
    <mailSettings>
      <smtp>
        <network host="localhost"/>
      </smtp>
    </mailSettings>
  </system.net>
 
   
     
      <system.web>
            <pages>
                  <controls>
                        <add tagPrefix="asp" namespace="System.Web.UI" assembly="System.Web.Extensions, Version=1.0.61025.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35"/>
                  </controls>
            </pages>
            <!--
          Set compilation debug="true" to insert debugging
          symbols into the compiled page. Because this
          affects performance, set this value to true only
          during development.
    -->
            <httpHandlers>
                  <remove verb="*" path="*.asmx"/>
                  <add verb="*" path="*.asmx" validate="false" type="System.Web.Script.Services.ScriptHandlerFactory, System.Web.Extensions, Version=1.0.61025.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35"/>
                  <add verb="*" path="*_AppService.axd" validate="false" type="System.Web.Script.Services.ScriptHandlerFactory, System.Web.Extensions, Version=1.0.61025.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35"/>
                  <add verb="GET,HEAD" path="ScriptResource.axd" type="System.Web.Handlers.ScriptResourceHandler, System.Web.Extensions, Version=1.0.61025.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35" validate="false"/>
            </httpHandlers>
            <httpModules>
                  <add name="ScriptModule" type="System.Web.Handlers.ScriptModule, System.Web.Extensions, Version=1.0.61025.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35"/>
            </httpModules>
            <roleManager enabled="true" defaultProvider="SqlRoleManager">
                  <providers>
                        <clear/>
                        <add name="SqlRoleManager" type="System.Web.Security.SqlRoleProvider" connectionStringName="LocalSqlServer" applicationName="/"/>
                  </providers>
            </roleManager>
            <!--
            Set compilation debug="true" to insert debugging
            symbols into the compiled page. Because this
            affects performance, set this value to true only
            during development.
        -->
            <compilation debug="true">
                  <assemblies>
                        <add assembly="System.Web.Extensions, Version=1.0.61025.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35"/>
                        <add assembly="System.Design, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=B03F5F7F11D50A3A"/>
                        <add assembly="System.Web.Extensions.Design, Version=1.0.61025.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35"/>
                        <add assembly="System.Windows.Forms, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=B77A5C561934E089"/></assemblies>
            </compilation>
            <!--
            The <authentication> section enables configuration
            of the security authentication mode used by
            ASP.NET to identify an incoming user.
        -->

    <authentication mode="Forms">
      <forms name=".XXX" loginUrl="login.aspx" defaultUrl="default.aspx"
       protection="All" timeout="30" path="/" requireSSL="false"
       slidingExpiration="true" enableCrossAppRedirects="false"
       cookieless="UseDeviceProfile" domain="">
      </forms>
    </authentication>
   
    <authorization>      
      <deny users="?" />
    </authorization>
   
   
            
            <!--
            The <customErrors> section enables configuration
            of what to do if/when an unhandled error occurs
            during the execution of a request. Specifically,
            it enables developers to configure html error pages
            to be displayed in place of a error stack trace.

        <customErrors mode="RemoteOnly" defaultRedirect="GenericErrorPage.htm">
            <error statusCode="403" redirect="NoAccess.htm" />
            <error statusCode="404" redirect="FileNotFound.htm" />
        </customErrors>
        -->
      </system.web>
      <system.web.extensions>
            <scripting>
                  <webServices>
                        <!-- Uncomment this line to customize maxJsonLength and add a custom converter -->
                        <!--
      <jsonSerialization maxJsonLength="500">
        <converters>
          <add name="ConvertMe" type="Acme.SubAcme.ConvertMeTypeConverter"/>
        </converters>
      </jsonSerialization>
      -->
                        <!-- Uncomment this line to enable the authentication service. Include requireSSL="true" if appropriate. -->
                        <!--
        <authenticationService enabled="true" requireSSL = "true|false"/>
      -->
                        <!-- Uncomment these lines to enable the profile service. To allow profile properties to be retrieved
           and modified in ASP.NET AJAX applications, you need to add each property name to the readAccessProperties and
           writeAccessProperties attributes. -->
                        <!--
      <profileService enabled="true"
                      readAccessProperties="propertyname1,propertyname2"
                      writeAccessProperties="propertyname1,propertyname2" />
      -->
                  </webServices>
                  <!--
      <scriptResourceHandler enableCompression="true" enableCaching="true" />
      -->
            </scripting>
      </system.web.extensions>
      <system.webServer>
            <validation validateIntegratedModeConfiguration="false"/>
            <modules>
                  <add name="ScriptModule" preCondition="integratedMode" type="System.Web.Handlers.ScriptModule, System.Web.Extensions, Version=1.0.61025.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35"/>
            </modules>
            <handlers>
                  <remove name="WebServiceHandlerFactory-Integrated"/>
                  <add name="ScriptHandlerFactory" verb="*" path="*.asmx" preCondition="integratedMode" type="System.Web.Script.Services.ScriptHandlerFactory, System.Web.Extensions, Version=1.0.61025.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35"/>
                  <add name="ScriptHandlerFactoryAppServices" verb="*" path="*_AppService.axd" preCondition="integratedMode" type="System.Web.Script.Services.ScriptHandlerFactory, System.Web.Extensions, Version=1.0.61025.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35"/>
                  <add name="ScriptResource" preCondition="integratedMode" verb="GET,HEAD" path="ScriptResource.axd" type="System.Web.Handlers.ScriptResourceHandler, System.Web.Extensions, Version=1.0.61025.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35"/>
            </handlers>
      </system.webServer>
</configuration>

Thanks

But could you download this simple example using custom membership and see if you can set the web.config to it does not ask for password question and answer?

Its here
http://www.code-magazine.com/Article.aspx?quickid=0703071

THANKS BUT I HAVE SORTED IT - I FOUND OUT THAT MY membership element was not under system.web