"Tools" <mbrocklehurst@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Below is the only scenario in which I have got basic authentication to
> work with XP, and it isn't pretty:
>
> Server: Win 2003 Standard Edition
> Client: Win XP Pro version 2002 sp1
>
> - I have a virtual directory in IIS called mydirectory
> - Authentication is set to "Basic Authentication"
> - The default domain is set to mydomain
>
> When I go to Internet Explorer (6.0) I am prompted for a user name and
> password with the following message:
>
> - Connecting to server name
> - User Name:
> - Password:
>
> At this point on NT or Windows 2000 clients I just enter the username
> and password and am authenticated. But in XP the authentication box
> shows up again, this time with the following:
>
> - Connecting to servername
> - User Name: servername\username
> - Password: ********
>
> If I replace servername with the mydomain (entered as the default
> domain in IIS MMC) then I am again prompted for authentication as
> follows:
>
> - Connecting to servername
> - User Name:
> - Password:
>
>
> but this time if I just enter the username and password, like I did
> the first time, it works!!!!!!!!
>
> Can anyone shed any light on this strange behaviour?
>
> Thanks,
> Matt.

"Bernard" <qbernard@hotmail.com.discuss> wrote in message news:<evCKuJ8FEHA.2732@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl>...
> This is related to changes in XP and W2k3 IE.
> you will see the domain input box (integrated windows)
> as you will see from WinNT or W2k.
>
> For basic. IE in XP will default use the servername\username
> format. because this basic, you just need to remove the 'servername'
> and just send it the 'username', IIS will use the default domain,
> you configure and make it domainname\username
>
> --
> Regards,
> Bernard Cheah
> http://support.microsoft.com/