user:password@website doesn't work with XP

[Guest]

I need to know how I can log into the websites I have subscribed to using the format userassword@website using windows XP. Thanks

 

[Kelly]

Haven't checked in awhile but.....it used to be this way:

Type in the URL. Add your User ID followed by a colon and then your password
followed by an at sign (@) in front of your the URL and after the http://

Example: http://username:[email protected]

 

[Tumbleweed]

I need to know how I can log into the websites I have subscribed to using

the format userassword@website using windows XP. Thanks

I heard that had been switched off in IE in a recent security patch due to
it being used to fool people to go sites that mimiced others such as ebayand
financial institutions.

As in go to www.bankname.com:1234@abcde where to 99% of users it looks as if
they are going to www.bankname.com

You might try another browser and see if that allows it.

 

[Carrie Garth]

| | I need to know how I can log into the websites I have subscribed to
| using the format userassword@website using windows XP. Thanks

If you have installed the MS04-004 Cumulative Security Update for
Internet Explorer (832894), that URL syntax is no longer supported.
For more information see the following Microsoft Knowledge Base
article:

KB834489 - A security update is available that modifies the default
behavior of Internet Explorer for handling user information in HTTP
and in HTTPS URLs
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?Product=winxp&scid=kb;en-us;834489

 

[ceedee]

the format is

ftp://userassword@urlort

ceedee