Hi friends Windows does not show credential pop-up for 802.1x ? We enabled 802.1x on wired network connection in a domain using MS Active Directory+Cisco Secure ACS+Cisco Switches 802.1x on joined computers is configured: 1)Auth method: PEAP 2)Auth mode: user authentication 3)Marked: Automatically use my windows logon name and password All joined computers are working very well but there are many workgroup computers as guest and we need to authenticate them as well. so we configure guests just like joined computers but UNMARK the "Automatically use my windows logon name and password" so windows shows a pop-up, we click on this pop-up and it opens a credential window. then we enter a username and password and it authenticates and everything ok. but sometime on guest computers (more on windows 7) windows never show the pop-up! enable disable LAN connection or rebooting computer does not help. on windows 7 we must go to Additional Settings and set authentication mode to User, then click on Save Credential and enter the username/password manually :( the bigger problem is when password expires, we face the authentication problem on many guest computers. authentication is faild and windows does not show credential pop-up, so we must enter it again manually. we can train our users to click on pop-up and enter username/password whenever the pop-up is shown but we can not train them to identify the problem and if it's about authentication then go to network connection, LAN prperties, authentication (802.1x), additional setting and ... !! how can I make the windows 7 to show the pop-up? is there any settings, registery key or anything else to force windows 7 to show the credential pop-up? please help :( **One man's fun is another's ____** MetallicA

I literally just completed a lab yesterday afternoon using a Brocade FCX648S-HPOE, Windows Server 2008 R2, and a Windows 7 Ultimate laptop. When the machine is in the workgroup, it didn't display the pop-up either. And I think you'll have to remove the check box "Automatically use my windows logon name and password". If this is enabled on a workgroup machine, then obviously the username and password may not be the same. For me, removing that worked and the pop-up showed up and I was able to manually authenticate.

yeah, On domain computers using "Automatically use my windows logon name and password" will display pop-up but my problem is on workgroup computers. even when I remove the check box "Automatically use my windows logon name and password" it didn't display the pop-up. thank you for answer**One man's fun is another's ____** MetallicA

hmmm...simply unchecking that option should force the pop-up. I have also configured this myself for both domain and non-domain joined wired and wireless computers and have not seen this issue. Is there anything else that may be in common with these computers that have this issue? Same image, NIC driver, etc...? Visit: anITKB.com, an IT Knowledge Base.

Open User Accounts in Control Panel. Open Manage Users Accounts. Go to advanced tab. Put a check in Secure logon (require ctrl+alt=del)

Open User Accounts in Control Panel. Open Manage Users Accounts. Go to advanced tab. Put a check in Secure logon (require ctrl+alt=del) well... when computers are joined to domain, they need ctrl+alt+del by default but I will check it tomorrow. hmmm...simply unchecking that option should force the pop-up. I have also configured this myself for both domain and non-domain joined wired and wireless computers and have not seen this issue. Is there anything else that may be in common with these computers that have this issue? Same image, NIC driver, etc...? Visit: anITKB.com, an IT Knowledge Base. No, computers are completely different and their os were installed manually (by windows 7 cd) I tested this issue in my private lab and as you said, unchecking the box will force the pop-up. may be it's a registery problem? unchecking the box should change a key in registry and maybe these computers have some problem about their registry so unchecking the box won't change registry. do you know this checkbox points to which registry key? (excuse me for bad english)**One man's fun is another's ____** MetallicA