FP2002: Prompted to Log On to Web Site When You Edit Web Pages (822843)

SYMPTOMS

When you open and edit a Web page from a FrontPage Server Extensions enabled Web site, you may be prompted for your credentials to log on to another Web site.

CAUSE

This behavior occurs if the page that you are opening has links to a Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) style sheet that is located on another Web site where you do not have Author-level permission. This causes FrontPage to prompt you for your user name and password.

RESOLUTION

Service Pack Information

This problem is corrected in Office XP Service Pack 3.To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Microsoft Office XP. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

307841 How to obtain the latest Office XP Service Pack

How to Obtain the Hotfix

This issue is fixed in the FrontPage 2002 Hotfix Rollup Package June 13, 2003. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

822821 Availability of FrontPage 2002 Post-Service Pack 2 Hotfix Rollup Package: June 13, 2003

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was first corrected in Office XP Service Pack 3.