Excel link Causing Win7 Security Login Pop-Up


  1. joc11566
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    Excel link Causing Win7 Security Login Pop-Up


    We have a few Excel reports that we are accessing on a server over an HTTPS link. We have used links to these reports for the past 5 years with no issue. However, now that we have upgraded to Win 7 our users are getting a Windows Security Log-In pop-up when they click the link to the Excel Report. Once they find the Pop-Up and just close it (without entering any credentials) the report opens, however many users are unaware of this step or do not notice the pop-up and are therefore unable to proceed. Can anyone shed some light on why this log-in prompt is coming up and how I can get rid of it. Even though it requests user-id and password, simply closing it allows you to proceed so it is not serving any purpose other than to frustrate our users.

    I am very thankful for any guidance on this topic,
    J
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  3. Irene
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    Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
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    I am not certain if this would help, but certainly worth checking out:
    You are prompted to enter your credentials when you access an FQDN site from a computer that is running Windows Vista or Windows 7 and has no proxy configured

    Please let us know if it helps. :)
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