Article ID: 147617
Article Last Modified on 6/23/2005
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Internet Information Server 1.0
- Microsoft Internet Information Server 2.0
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Developer Edition
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.51
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q147617
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SYMPTOMS
When you try to connect to secure directories on an Internet
Information Server (IIS) through a browser that does not support Windows NT
Authentication, you will receive an error message stating that access is
denied.
CAUSE
The Access Denied message occurs because your third-party browser is not
capable of sending the Windows NT Challenge Authentication information to
the server.
WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, enable Basic Authentication on your browser,
and when you are prompted for a password, enter your Windows NT account information in the following format
For example, if the Windows NT domain name of johndoe is logging on to a
domain named mydomain, you would enter
in the username (or user) field, and your password in the password
field.
NOTE: Your browser must support basic authentication for the
domainname/username syntax to work correctly.
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