Microsoft KB Archive/820933

= You repeatedly receive a request for authentication when you create a Web or when you open a Web on a SharePoint Web site in FrontPage 2003 =

Article ID: 820933

Article Last Modified on 8/27/2004

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Office FrontPage 2003

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SYMPTOMS
When you try to create a Microsoft Office FrontPage 2003 Web or you try to open a Microsoft FrontPage 2003 Web on a Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services Web site, you repeatedly receive a prompt for your user name and password (authentication).



CAUSE
This problem may occur when the following conditions are true:
 * You try to log on to a Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services Web site.

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 * Your Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services Web site is hosted on a Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 5.0-based Web server, or your Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services Web site is hosted on an IIS 6.0-based Web server.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, you can update your current version of Microsoft Internet Explorer to Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 Service Pack 1 (SP-1) or later. For additional information about how to obtain the latest service pack for Internet Explorer 6, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

328548 How to Obtain the Latest Service Pack for Internet Explorer 6



WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, if you experience this problem when you use Microsoft Windows XP, or if you are already running Internet Explorer 6 in Microsoft Windows 2000, follow these steps to turn off Integrated Windows authentication:
 * 1) Start Internet Explorer, click Tools, and then click Internet Options.
 * 2) On the Advanced tab, under the Security heading, click to clear the Enable Integrated Windows Authentication (requires restart) check box.
 * 3) Click OK, and then restart Internet Explorer.

For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

308074 The POST Method Does Not Work If You Are Using Kerberos Authentication



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

Additional query words: fp2003 off2003 sts sps

Keywords: kbprb kbwebpublishing KB820933

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