Internet Explorer Prompts for Proxy Authentication Multiple Times

• Microsoft Internet Explorer version 4.01 Service Pack 1 for Windows 95
• Microsoft Internet Explorer version 4.01 Service Pack 1 for Windows NT 4.0
• Microsoft Windows 98

SYMPTOMS

When you browse the Internet through a Proxy server that requires Distributed Password Authentication (DPA), Internet Explorer prompts for proxy authentication multiple times.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, upgrade to Internet Explorer 4.01 Service Pack 2 or Internet Explorer 5. For information about how to do so, please see the following Microsoft Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie

MORE INFORMATION

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

Additional query words:

Keywords          : kbui msiew95 win98 msiew98 
Version           : WINDOWS:4.01 Service Pack 1
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbprb 

Last Reviewed: June 15, 1999