Cannot Connect to Secure (HTTPS) Web Page in Windows NT 3.51

ID: Q195903

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Internet Explorer version 4.01 for Windows NT 3.51

SYMPTOMS

When you try to connect to a secure (HTTPS) Web site using Internet Explorer on a Windows NT 3.51-based computer that communicates across a Microsoft Proxy 2.0 server using NTLM (challenge/response) authentication, you are prompted for your security credentials (user name and password) three times, regardless of whether or not the credentials are valid. You then receive a "Access is denied" error message.

RESOLUTION

A supported fix that corrects this problem is now available from Microsoft, but it has not been fully regression tested and should be applied only to systems experiencing this specific problem. If you are not severely affected by this specific problem, Microsoft recommends that you wait for the next service pack that contains this fix.

To resolve this problem immediately, contact Microsoft Product Support Services to obtain the fix. For a complete list of Microsoft Product Support Services phone numbers and information on support costs, please go to the following address on the World Wide Web:

http://www.microsoft.com/support/supportnet/overview/overview.asp

The English version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:


   Date       Time     Size      File name     Platform
   ----------------------------------------------------
   10/21/98   5:24PM   351,995   Urlmon16.dll  Intel

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

Additional query words: access ssl

Keywords : kbenv msient
Version : WINDOWS:4.01
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbprb