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Robert Aldwinckle

2007-05-06, 7:16 pm

(cross-post added to IIS Security)
<johnk@powerlist.com> wrote in message
news:OQ3CWKkjHHA.1388@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> Actually this is happenning in IE7 but I cant find the group for that
> version. I just enabled IIS on my laptop with WinXP SP2 using the defaults.
> I try to surf to http://localhost and am prompted with a login screen. I
> enter the administrator password and am denied access. Very strange. What's
> that all about and how can I fix it?



Are you entering the Administrator account name too?
Or do all your accounts use the same password? <eg>
Otherwise I don't think you're picking the right account name for this...

BTW this really doesn't have anything to do with IE, regardless of the version.
Cross-posting to an IIS newsgroup for convenience.


>
> Thanks...




Good luck

Robert Aldwinckle
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