Frontpage Authentication Problems

The first thing you should determine is if Internet Explorer regards the web site as an Internet site or a Local Intranet site. Just visit the web site in your browser and look at the icon in the lower right of the browser window.

As you can see, my browser considers the web site to be a Local Intranet site and displays the Local Intranet graphic. Therefore it uses its Local Intranet security settings. You can view your security settings by selecting Tools and then Internet Options from Internet Explorer’s program menu. Then click the Security tab which shows you the Internet and Local Intranet web content zones. Select the correct zone and then click the Custom Level… button to display the security settings shown below:

The User Authentication / Logon section effects how Frontpage authenticates with the web server to open a web. You can experiment with different selections here to try to solve your problem. I recommend trying the “Prompt for user name and password” selection so that you can be sure Frontpage uses the username and password you specify.