"Invalid syntax error" on passworded sites...

[Norma]

After a recent "security update" (in this case "update" meaning: "we're
too lazy to fix a problem, so we'll kill the whole protocol that it's
related to"), I can no longer use usernameassword@website - I tried
the suggestion with adding this to the registry:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Internet
Explorer\Main\FeatureControl\FEATURE_HTTP_USERNAME_PASSWORD_DISABLE]
"iexplore.exe"="0"
"explorer.exe"="0"

but it doesn't help at all - passworded sites still cause the error. How
to get rid of this annoying new behavior? Do I have to overwrite some of
the DLLs installed by that update with an older version, is that the
only way (and if so, which DLLs)?

 

[H Leboeuf]

Can this help.

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=831167
SYMPTOMS
Programs that use Wininet functions to post data (such as a user name or a
password) to a Web server retry the POST request with a blank header if the
Web server closes (or resets) the initial connection request.