MOSS Notes - reducing authentications

Tips for reducing the number of authentications (Windows XP)

Add the SharePoint sites to the list of trusted sites

1. In Internet Explorer, on the Tools menu, click Internet Options.

2. On the Security tab, in the Select a Web content zone to specify its security settings box, click Trusted Sites, and then click Sites.

3. Clear the Require server verification (https:) for all sites in this zone check box.

4. In the Add this Web site to the zone box, type the URL for the SharePoint site, and then click Add.

5. Click Close to close the Trusted Sites dialog box.

6. Click OK to close the Internet Options dialog box.

Configure user authentication settings for trusted sites

1. In Internet Explorer, on the Tools menu, click Internet Options.

2. On the Security tab, in the Select a Web content zone to specify its security settings box, click Trusted sites, and then click Custom Level.

3. In the Settings list box, under User Authentication, click Automatic logon with current username and password.

4. Click OK twice.

Note If you do not want to add the SharePoint Central Administration site to the list of trusted sites, but you do not want to be prompted for your user name and password every time you access the SharePoint Central Administration site, you can instead add the SharePoint Central Administration site to the Local intranet zone. If you do this, you must enable the Automatic logon only in Intranet zone user authentication setting instead of the Automatic logon with current username and password user authentication setting

Configure proxy server settings to bypass the proxy server for local addresses

1. In Internet Explorer, on the Tools menu, click Internet Options.

2. On the Connections tab, in the Local Area Network (LAN) Settings area, click LAN Settings.

3. In the Proxy Server area, select the Bypass proxy server for local addresses check box.

4. Click OK to close the Local Area Network (LAN) Settings dialog box.

5. Click OK again to close the Internet Options dialog box.

Remove extraneous cached logins that might override authentication

Start à Control Panel à User Accounts à Manage Passwords