How do I get rid of the annoying password dialog that appears every time I try to open shared documents? It asks for the password repeatedly, and even if you cancel it you can still get the shared documents. It is really an annoyance and confuses the rest of my team. How can I turn this behaviour off? ©® Charles Roberts

follow this thread: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sharepointgeneral/thread/71607e14-4c88-41be-b531-81435bee1734/#691fb2af-eef8-4080-9e75-85abdb55cfc8 In IE8, make sure the your WSS 3.0 site is added into Trusted Sites zone and do the following - Tools -> Internet Options -> [Security] tab -> click Trusted Sites -> click Custom Level button - Scroll down to the bottom -> User Authentication -> Logon -> select Automatic logon with current user name and password -> click OK button If above it not helping, check out the following link: 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 http://support.microsoft.com/?id=943280 Cheers, Allen Wang | http://blogs.msdn.com/allenwang

Thanks, Allen, but I am on IE 7, are there similar instructions for that version? I appreciate your help! ©® Charles Roberts

yes, the instructions are similar for IE7.Allen Wang | http://blogs.msdn.com/allenwang

But there is no [Security Tab] to click Trusted sites on... ©®Charles Roberts

It's most likely that your Sys Admin disabled it through GP. It's time to talk to your Sys Admin. you are suppose to see this when you click on IE -> Tools -> Internet Options http://www.jarrodgoddard.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/internet-options3.jpg Allen Wang | http://blogs.msdn.com/allenwang