Password problem after rebuild Windows XP Pro

Password problem after rebuild

I have rebuilt my Laptop os with Windows Pro and IIS after a disc burn out and am having trouble with the user permissions.

(1) When I attempt to access localhost, over the local network, the os asks me for user name/password. How can I disable this request so username/password is not required by me to access http://localhost

(2) When other machines try to access my laptop on the network, they get asked again for user name/password. How can I give these workstations access with being requested to supply user name/password.

I have administrator privileges.

Its quite a while since I rebuilt a windows OS from scratch, so any help on these points, how to correct and the cause, would be much appreciated.

Cheers

codecutter

 

If you typed into your Browser:
http://localhost

You are trying to talk to yourself. localhost == 127.0.0.1 an address local to your machine.

 

Yes, Bill, that's true, but on the Windows XP Pro systems I've seen, a call to http://localhost doesn't normally respond with a user name and password, as it doens't make sense.

I thought this might be an indication of what is wrong with the secutiry settings on my laptop.

Cheers

Codecutter

 

It can with IIs installed.

In any case, reset the security settings and file-level permissions to their defaults:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=313222

 

Thanks Bill, link much appreciated.