"Alan" <Alan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> All our machines are running IE 6 (sp1 &sp2) and it happens on all
> machines I
> have tried so far. I create a simple test spreadsheet and I get the same
> results. Unfortunatley I can't give you a test URL since you would need
> an
> account to login to the FTP site with, no anonymous users allowed.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> "Bernard Cheah [MVP]" wrote:
>
>> Ok, sounds like IE issue to me. do you have another machine with diff
>> version of IE?
>> and what so special about this excel file? or all excel file giving the
>> same
>> problem?
>> any url I can test open the file as well?
>>
>>
>> --
>> Regards,
>> Bernard Cheah
>> http://www.iis-resources.com/
>> http://www.iiswebcastseries.com/
>> http://msmvps.com/blogs/bernard/
>>
>>
>> "Alan" <Alan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:0D0FA70B-6DA3-4745-B3D8-4C36A8F878BA@microsoft.com...
>> > It doesn't happen if I save the file local. It also doesn't happen if
>> > I
>> > use
>> > a different web browser such as Firefox or I use an FTP program to get
>> > the
>> > file. It only happens if I try and open the file using Internet
>> > Explorer
>> > from the FTP site.
>> >
>> > "Bernard Cheah [MVP]" wrote:
>> >
>> >> only excel? zzzzzz....... if he try save or copy the file to local
>> >> machine,
>> >> any login prompt?
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Regards,
>> >> Bernard Cheah
>> >> http://www.iis-resources.com/
>> >> http://www.iiswebcastseries.com/
>> >> http://msmvps.com/blogs/bernard/
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> "Alan" <Alan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:1BBE9E3B-C9E6-4680-A1CC-29ACC7184352@microsoft.com...
>> >> > We have a corporate FTP site set up with multiple folders that have
>> >> > different
>> >> > levels of permissions depending upon which security group a user is
>> >> > in.
>> >> > We
>> >> > are experiencing a strange issue. A user logs in (using IE), and
>> >> > goes
>> >> > to
>> >> > a
>> >> > folder that they have full permission on and tries to openany Excel
>> >> > spreadsheet he is prompted for his username & password again, but if
>> >> > he
>> >> > tries
>> >> > to open any other file type (ex Word), it opens fine. When he tries
>> >> > the
>> >> > Excel file and is prompted for his username if he clicks cancel
>> >> > without
>> >> > entering the info the file will open. Why would they be prompted?
>> >> >
>> >> > Thanks for any help,
>> >> > Alan
>> >> >
>> >>
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