Office 2003 Prompt User Login with MS Products

[txSteve1]

Office 2003 Prompt User Login with MS Products

We are using WSS with Windows 2000 and Office 2000. Everything has been running fine. Recently we had a couple of staff upgrade to Office 2003 and now whenever they open a MS Product, (Word, excel, PowerPoint) they are prompted for login information. If the data is in a non-ms format such as adobe PDF, the user is not prompted.

During our research, we have seen reference to a TechNet article, but the article has been removed. I have also read many posts where users have experienced the exact same issue, however, I have yet to find a resolution.

Please help.

 

[txSteve1]

FYI... Fixed it.

Opened IE (v.6 with SP-1)
Tools
Internet Options
Security
Local Intranet

Choose SITES and the advanced tab.
Enter your server ex

http://XXX.XXX.XX.X

Tell it okay. Close browser and open a new session
Should work fine.

 

[txSteve1]

Part 2

Tried to access our Intranet using VPN access and the issue still occurred.

To Resolve, I had to also change the security in Custom Level Settings

Choose Tools from drop down menu
Internet Options
Security
Local Intranet
Click on Custom Level
Scroll to bottom, looking for USER AUTHENTICATION
Change the default from "Automatic" setting to ANONYMOUS LOGON
Select OK
Close browser, open new session
Should work fine.