Microsoft KB Archive/824067

= You are prompted for a password and a user name when you view HTML messages in Outlook =

Article ID: 824067

Article Last Modified on 11/29/2007

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APPLIES TO

 Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0, when used with:  Microsoft Windows XP Professional

 Microsoft Windows 98 Standard Edition

 Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition

 Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition</li></ul>

 Microsoft Windows 2000 Standard Edition</li></ul> </li></ul>

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Important This article contains information about modifying the registry. Before you modify the registry, make sure to back it up and make sure that you understand how to restore the registry if a problem occurs. For information about how to back up, restore, and edit the registry, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

256986 Description of the Microsoft Windows Registry

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SYMPTOMS
If you open an HTML-formatted e-mail message in Microsoft Outlook, you may be prompted to enter your user name and password.

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CAUSE
This problem occurs when the following conditions are true:


 * You are connected to the Internet through a proxy server, and you are using basic authentication.
 * The HTML-formatted e-mail message contains a link to graphics that are stored on an external server.
 * The HTML code for the graphics link contains a user name and a password.

Under these conditions, Outlook will try to authenticate the links by using the user name and the password in the graphics link. This authentication will fail in most situations. After this problem occurs, if you try to view other e-mail messages that contain links to external graphics, Outlook prompts you again for your user name and password.

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RESOLUTION
A supported hotfix is now available from Microsoft. However, this hotfix is intended to correct only the problem that is described in this article. Apply this hotfix only to systems that are experiencing this specific problem. This hotfix might receive additional testing. Therefore, if you are not severely affected by this problem, we recommend that you wait for the next service pack that contains this hotfix.

To resolve this problem, submit a request to Microsoft Online Customer Services to obtain the hotfix. To submit an online request to obtain the hotfix, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=6294451

Note If additional issues occur or any troubleshooting is required, you might have to create a separate service request. The usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for this specific hotfix. To create a separate service request, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://support.microsoft.com/contactus/?ws=support

The English version of this hotfix has the file attributes (or later) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in coordinated universal time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time tool in Control Panel. <pre class="fixed_text">  Date         Time   Version            Size    File name --  03-Mar-2003  08:24  6.0.2800.1172      33,792  Ieuninst.exe 09-Oct-2003 08:04  6.0.2800.1271      27,136  Ieupdate.exe 23-Oct-2003 14:07  6.0.2800.1168     384,128  Q824067.exe 23-Oct-2003 13:54                      5,188  Q824067.inf 23-Oct-2003 13:54                      5,266  Q824067_d.inf 23-Oct-2003 13:45  6.0.2800.1285     586,752  Wininet.dll

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WORKAROUND
Warning If you use Registry Editor incorrectly, you may cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that you can solve problems that result from using Registry Editor incorrectly. Use Registry Editor at your own risk.

To work around this problem, follow these steps: <ol> Install the MS04-004 Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (832894). This security update provides a new registry subkey that controls the handling of user information in a Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) or HTTPS URL.

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

832894 MS04-004: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer

</li> To apply the workaround for all Outlook users, you must add a new entry (msimn.exe) to the following registry subkey:

To apply the workaround for a specific user of Outlook, you must log on as that user and then add the msimn.exe entry to the following registry subkey:

To do this, follow these steps: <ol style="list-style-type: lower-alpha;"> Click Start, click Run, type regedit, and then click OK.</li> Locate and then click the registry subkey that you want to modify.</li> On the Edit menu, point to New, and then click DWORD value.</li> Type msimn.exe, and then press ENTER.</li> On the Edit menu, click Modify, type 1, and then click OK.</li></ol> </li></ol>

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

834489 Internet Explorer does not support user names and passwords in Web site addresses (HTTP or HTTPS URLs)

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STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in Internet Explorer 6.

Keywords: kbhotfixserver kbqfe kbie600sp2fix kbie600presp2fix kbfix kbbug KB824067

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