IIS asks password while accessing http://localhost

[skinless]

i am facing this problem ... when i type in

http://localhost/index.asp

IIS is asking for a password a userid which i never configured ....i dont have password setups for any account on my pc ...HELP .!!!!!

[FAT64]

Is the UserID IUSR_computername?

If so ...

Click Start>Administrative Tools>Internet Information Services

Expand the left tree, right-click your WebSite>Properties

Click on Directory Security, then in "Anonymous access and authentication control" click on Edit

Tick "Allow IIS to control password", then OK and come out of IIS.

[tguy]

If that doesn't work, you could back up your data, uninstall then reinstall IIS, that should resolve the problem as well.

[skinless]

thnx for ur replies i ll try both the methods n inform u guys if it helps....

its a user id of a diff comp on the lan

one thing i forgot to mention is i kept on toggling between 4-5 ip addresses n mac addresses n computer names (was trying out some lan stuff) ... well could that be related to this ??

[skinless]

Is the UserID IUSR_computername?

If so ...

Click Start>Administrative Tools>Internet Information Services

Expand the left tree, right-click your WebSite>Properties

Click on Directory Security, then in "Anonymous access and authentication control" click on Edit

Tick "Allow IIS to control password", then OK and come out of IIS.

problem persisted

If that doesn't work, you could back up your data, uninstall then reinstall IIS, that should resolve the problem as well.

well did that .... no problem with IE now

but firefox still asking for password .. :?

[cancer10]

replace the main asp file with your own and it will not ask for password any more.

[lvlolvlo]

it's just a security measure...just type in any authoring accout/local accoutn user name and password.