SharePoint Anonymous Access Problem

Hello, I am running in to a problem where I am not able to access the
http://<servername> page. I get the error: "You cannot view this area,
either because the area no longer exists, or because you do not have
the rights to view this area. To change your rights, contact the site
administrator."

I have used the Server Admin username/password, System
username/password etc. with no avail.

I use to get this error unable to access the Central Administration and
http://<servername> when I first setup SharePoint Portal Server 2003
but was able to fix it by going into IIS --> <servername> --> web sites
--> Default Web Site --> properties --> Directory Security --> Edit
Access control and turning off Enable anonymous access and unchecking
everything for Authenticated access except Basic Authentication
(password is sent in clear text). After that I was able to access the
Central Administration page and http://<servername> page with the admin
username/password.

I have already set up multiple sites and now wanting to turn Anonymous
Access back on so that everyone on the network can access without
having to add them all to the user list on the server itself, with only
having a few which can have Admin rights to the sites for updates and
changes. Went back into IIS --> Directory Security and put the check
mark back in for Enable anonymous access.

All permissions are all setup with the sites and is working great with
anonymous access turned back on but I am now unable to access the
http://<servername> page again. Turn anonymous access off and I can
access the page fine with the admin username/password.

I am still able to access the Central Administration fine with
anonymous on. Changing the Authenticated access from Integrated Windows
Authentication to Basic Authentication (password is sent in clear text)
seemed to fix that problem.

Current server setup is Windows 2003 Server Enterprise Edition w/ SP1,
IIS 6.0, ASP.NET 2.0, SQL Server 2000 w/ SP4, SharePoint Portal Server
2003

Any ideas?

Thanks,
John

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