Re: Problems Opening Pages in ie6

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From: Frank Saunders, MS-MVP (franksaunders_at_mvps.org)
Date: 04/13/04 

Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2004 02:26:15 -0500

"Johnnyb" <drjohnnyb@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:1be3701c4210a$8a0e5080$a101280a@phx.gbl
> I am unable to log in to any membbership website. The odd
> thing is that when I click on the link (or go directly to
> the page) where normally it should ask me for my password,
> it just skips right over that and gives me this page:
>
> Authorization Required
> This server could not verify that you are authorized to
> access the document requested. Either you supplied the
> wrong credentials (e.g., bad password), or your browser
> doesn't understand how to supply the credentials required.
>
> Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while
> trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.
>
> It may or may not have the "404 not found" part. So it
> isn't that I'm supplying the wrong name or PW because it
> seems to be skipping right over that part.
> Also, this only started happening recently & it may just
> be since I applied the Q832894 update. (I also applied the
> Q831167 update). I have IE version 6.0.2800.1106IC
>
> One more thing. This only happens on my laptop which is
> hooked up to my network (I only have a desktop & my laptop
> on my network) using Microsoft products, of course, with a
> Microsoft MN520 wireless notebook adapter. Things work
> normally on my desktop. Both use W98SE.
>
> Hope you can help. Please!!! ;-)
> John

If you're using this format:
http://username:password@www.thesite.com
That won't work anymore. See
A security update is available that modifies the default behavior of
Internet Explorer for handling user information in HTTP and in HTTPS URLs
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=834489 and
What You Should Know About the Windows Security Updates for February 2004
http://www.microsoft.com/security/security_bulletins/20040210_windows.asp 

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