my ip in IE

[Guest]

i was just wondering if anyone knows why IE asks for a username/ password when you type you're own ip in the address bar? is it a type of remote access? and if it is, do i need to have a password setup to get in ,eventhough i dont have one for my admin account (i'm the only one using the comp.)? I don't have a router

 

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

Assuming that you're running IIS on your machine and you're trying to access a web page that you're developing, you need to allow anonymous access to your web site, via IIS properties for the default web site.

 

[Guest]

very interesting , considering i dont have a network nor is the ip of a webpage i'm designing, it's my computer's ip given to me by the isp

 

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

It doesn't matter if you have a network or not. Or if its the local host address of 127.0.0.1 or the one assigned by your ISP. If your web site is trying to access a folder outside of its web, then you have to allow the IUSR_<machine> name access to that folder or file.