IIS running on XP pro password problem

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From: doug (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 02/12/04 

Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2004 06:24:26 -0800

Go into Internet Services Manager, go to the properties
of your site, click the Security tab and check off noly
anonymous access. Make sure that the IUSR_COMPUTERNAME
account has correct NTFS permissions on your home
directory.

doug
>-----Original Message-----
>I have just installed IIS on my home PC (XP pro) to test
>some ASP pages I am writing for a school web site. The
>installation went without any problems but when I fire
up
>Internet Explorer and type in http://127.0.0.1 as the
URL
>I am being asked for a username and password? I only
have
>one account on my PC and that username and password do
>not work an I am told "You are not authorized to view
>this page"
>
>Can anyone tell how to get past this problem.
>
>Thanks
>
>John D
>.
>

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