Microsoft KB Archive/169528

= FP97: NTLM Authentication Error Opening or Publishing FrontPage Web on IIS Server =

Article ID: 169528

Article Last Modified on 9/26/2001

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft FrontPage 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q169528



For a Microsoft FrontPage 98 version of this article, see 194035.



SYMPTOMS
When you open or publish a FrontPage Web on a Microsoft Personal Web Server or Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS) you receive the following error message:

HTTP 1.0 500 server error (-2146893042).

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NTLM authentication failed code -2146893055



CAUSE
This message appears when Microsoft Windows NT Challenge/Response security does not receive the Web author's log on identification.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this behavior, follow these steps.

Step 1. Enable Windows NT Challenge/Response Authentication
To enable Windows NT Challenge/Response Authentication, install the Client for Microsoft Networks and set it as your primary network client. To do this, follow these steps:
 * 1) On the Windows Start menu, point to settings, and then click Control Panel.
 * 2) Double-click the Network icon.
 * 3) Click the Configuration tab.
 * 4) Click Add.
 * 5) In the "Select Network Component Type" dialog box, click Client. Click Add.
 * 6) From the Manufacturers list, select Microsoft. From the Network Clients list, select "Client for Microsoft Networks." Click OK.
 * 7) From the Primary Network Logon list, select "Client for Microsoft Networks."
 * 8) Click the Identification tab.
 * 9) Fill in the Computer Name and Workgroup boxes, and then click OK.
 * 10) If you are prompted to restart Windows, click Yes.

Step 2. Configure Dial-Up Networking

 * 1) Double-click My Computer.
 * 2) Double-click Dial-Up Networking.
 * 3) Right-click the connectoid for your Internet service provider, and then click Properties.
 * 4) Click Server Type.
 * 5) Click Logon To Network.
 * 6) Click to clear the Require Encrypted Password check box.
 * 7) Click OK.

Complete these additional steps if your are using a Windows NT Server running IIS:


 * 1) On the Windows Start menu, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.
 * 2) Double-click the Services icon.
 * 3) In the Service list, verify that Server and Workstation are listed and that their Status is Started.

Additional query words: NTLM 2146893042

Keywords: kberrmsg kbprb kbusage KB169528

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