Windows XP Basic Authentication Problem

From: Tools (mbrocklehurst_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 03/31/04 

Date: 31 Mar 2004 03:31:36 -0800

Below is the only scenario in which I have got basic authentication to
work with XP, and it isn't pretty:

Server: Win 2003 Standard Edition
Client: Win XP Pro version 2002 sp1

- I have a virtual directory in IIS called mydirectory
- Authentication is set to "Basic Authentication"
- The default domain is set to mydomain

When I go to Internet Explorer (6.0) I am prompted for a user name and
password with the following message:

- Connecting to server name
- User Name:
- Password:

At this point on NT or Windows 2000 clients I just enter the username
and password and am authenticated. But in XP the authentication box
shows up again, this time with the following:

- Connecting to servername
- User Name: servername\username
- Password: ********

If I replace servername with the mydomain (entered as the default
domain in IIS MMC) then I am again prompted for authentication as
follows:

- Connecting to servername
- User Name:
- Password:

 but this time if I just enter the username and password, like I did
the first time, it works!!!!!!!!

Can anyone shed any light on this strange behaviour?

Thanks,
Matt.

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