Problem Description With Office 2007 running on Windows Vista, opening an Office document hosted on a SharePoint (i.e. WSS 3.0 or MOSS 2007) site results in a prompt for login credentials even if the user is already logged on with an account that has access to the document. Canceling the credential prompt may still (but not always) allow the document to open in read-only mode. Potential Workarounds Go to IE7 -> Internet Options -> Connections -> LAN Settings.
* Behavior 1: Clearing all checkboxes on this dialog will cause the credential prompt. * Behavior 2: Automatically detect settings - enabling this option will prevent the prompt if it effectively enables a proxy server and enables bypassing the proxy for local addresses. * Behavior 3: Use a proxy server - enabling a proxy server in conjunction with enabling "Bypass proxy server for local addresses" will prevent the credential prompt. When the user does not have a proxy in the environment, it's still possible to work around this issue by setting a "fake proxy" and "blanket bypass" as follows in IE7's LAN Settings dialog. 1. Click the Proxy Server checkbox. Set the address to "fake proxy" without the quotes and the port to 80. 2. Click the "Bypass proxy server for local addresses" checkbox. 3. Click Advanced and put an * in the Exceptions list to cause all addresses (including external ones) to be bypassed. Source: http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint/archive/2007/10/16/known-issue-office-2007-on-windows-vista-prompts-for-user-credentials-when-opening-documents-in-a-sharepoint-2007-site.aspx Regards, Aaron Saikovski Readify - Senior Consultant Suite 206 Nolan Tower 29 Rakaia Way Docklands, VIC 3008 Australia M: +61 410 480 971 E: [EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> C: <sip:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED]<sip:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> W: www.readify.net<http://www.readify.net/> ________________________________ The content of this e-mail, including any attachments is a confidential communication between Readify Pty Ltd and the intended addressee and is for the sole use of that intended addressee. If you are not the intended addressee, any use, interference with, disclosure or copying of this material is unauthorized and prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please contact the sender immediately and then delete the message and any attachment(s). ------------------------------------------------------------------- OzMOSS.com - to unsubscribe from this list, send a message back to the list with 'unsubscribe' as the subject. Powered by mailenable.com - List managed by www.readify.net
