"dave" <dave@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Cheers, thanks I just tried it and it works. However, it should't be a
> client
> side issue but thats the way its designed and I suppose we have to live
> with
> it. Thanks for your help,
>
> "David Wang [Msft]" wrote:
>
>> This is a client-side problem.
>>
>> http://support.microsoft.com/?id=321778
>>
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>> //David
>> IIS
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>> "dave" <dave@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:19036171-2D87-4EA9-B0FA-BFE2713638D1@microsoft.com...
>> > Hi all,
>> >
>> > I'm having a problem with IIS server. I'm got a collection of excel
>> > spreadsheets and word documents available on a website. The files are
>> > for
>> > viewing only (i.e., read only). When I click on a link to download a
>> > word
>> > file it prompts me whether I want to save it or open it. If I save it
>> > it
>> > works fine. If I open it, it opens in IE and if I try save the document
>> > locally it does it no problem.
>> >
>> > However, when I do the same thing with the excel documents, I can open
>> > them
>> > fine in IE but when I try save them locally, I get prompted for a
>> > username
>> > and password for the web server. Now I don't want that to happen, I'm
>> > only
>> > trying to save it locally! If I hit cancel, then I can save it locally.
>> > For
>> > me its not a problem but other users think the system is broken and its
>> > annoying that it does that when I have only given permissions in IIS to
>> > be
>> > read-only.
>> >
>> > If any can help that would be great,
>> >
>> > P.S.
>> > Looking for server side fixes.....
>> >
>> > Cheers
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>>