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Asked: 2026-05-23T01:13:48+00:00

I’m having a problem with configuring IIS6 for anonymous access. I’ve followed most of

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I’m having a problem with configuring IIS6 for anonymous access. I’ve followed most of the suggestions in google search results however, whatever I seem to try results in the site prompting for a username and password.

This is what I’ve done:

  • created a new website in IIS6 using the wizard
  • enter the site name “TestSite1”
  • leave the IP address unassigned
  • set the directory to D:\inetpub\wwwroot\TestSite1
  • tick allow anonymous access
  • click finish
  • changed the permissions for the folder TEstSite1 to allow full access to everyone (temporarily to try and resolve)

WHen I browse to the site from IE or Firefox I’m prompted for a username/password – even though anonymous access is supposedly enabled. What is going wrong?

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  1. Editorial Team

    Couple of things to try:

    • Ensure Integrated Windows Authentication is ticked
    • Ensure that the folder has given permissions to Authenticated Users and the anonymous IIS user (which I think is IUSR_machine)
    • If it’s an ASP.Net site ensure ASPNET (machine account) user also has access
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