You are prompted for a password when you open an Office 2000 document in a browser (225234)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Excel 2000
- Microsoft FrontPage 2000
- Microsoft PowerPoint 2000
- Microsoft Word 2000
- Microsoft Internet Information Server 4.0
- Microsoft Internet Information Services 5.0
This article was previously published under Q225234 SYMPTOMS
When you open an Office 2000 document or follow a hyperlink to an Office 2000 document in a Web browser, you may be prompted to enter a password. If you click Cancel or type the user name and password, the document opens as read-only.
NOTE: You may need to type the user name and password multiple times before the document is opened in the Web browser.
CAUSE
These symptoms occur for the following reasons:
- The Web server is using Windows NT Challenge/Response or Basic authentication, or both.
-and- - Office 2000 documents are opened in a Web browser as read-write.
When you open an Office 97 document or follow a hyperlink to an Office 97 document in a Web browser, you do not experience this behavior. Office 97 documents are opened as read-only in Web browsers.
RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, obtain Microsoft Office 2000 Service Release 1/1a (SR-1/SR-1a).
To obtain SR-1/SR-1a, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
245025 OFF2000: How to Obtain and Install Microsoft Office 2000 Service Release 1/1a (SR-1/SR-1a)
STATUSMicrosoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.
This problem was corrected in Microsoft Office 2000 SR-1/SR-1a.
Modification Type: | Minor | Last Reviewed: | 9/22/2005 |
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Keywords: | kbHotfixServer kbQFE kbtshoot kbbug kbfix KB225234 |
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