FIX: XMLHTTP.Open Method Fails When the Password Contains a Number Sign (#) (290893)

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Steps to Reproduce Behavior

1. Make sure that you have a user account with a password set up on a computer that is running Microsoft Windows NT or Microsoft Windows 2000.
2. Paste the following code into Notepad and save it as Clienthttp.asp.

   <SCRIPT ID=clientEventHandlersJS LANGUAGE=javascript>
   <!--
   
   function XMLHTTPButton_onclick() {
   	var xmlhttp = new ActiveXObject("MSXML2.XMLHTTP");
   	xmlhttp.Open("GET","http://localhost/Receiver.asp",false, "TestUser", "Test#User");
   	xmlhttp.Send();
   	alert(xmlhttp.responseXML.xml);
   }
   
   //-->
   </SCRIPT>
   
   <INPUT type="button" value="Submit XMLHTTP" id=XMLHTTPButton name=XMLHTTPButton LANGUAGE=javascript onclick="return XMLHTTPButton_onclick()">
   					

3. In the above code, change TestUser and Test#User to reflect your user account's user name and password, respectively.
4. Paste the following code into Notepad and save it as Receiver.asp.

   <%@language=vbscript%>
   <%
   	Response.ContentType = "text/xml"
   	response.write "<ReturnValue>1</ReturnValue>"
   %>

5. In the Internet Information Services Manager, right-click Receiver.asp and click Properties. Click File Security and edit the anonymous user authenication so that only Basic Authentication is selected. Click OK to save the changes.
6. Make sure that the page is set for Basic authentication and that the user account that you have chosen can browse to Receiver.asp.
7. Run Clienthttp.asp.
8. Click the button that you created.