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"Subbu" <Subbu@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> We have document library in a MOSS site which allows users to create new
> documents in it. User clicks on New option and it directly opens a Excel
> file.
>
> When users using Vista perform this operation, they receive repeatdly
> three
> login/password prompts. Clicking Cancel on the authentication dialog opens
> the document. This seems to be bad user experience.
>
> 1) Disabling the Web Client Service in Vista machine as suggested in some
> other posts solves the issue. But this is not recommended and we dont want
> to
> do this.
> 2) As suggested in
> http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint/arc...2007-site.aspx,
> placing Office 2007 applications in Windows XP SP2 compatibility mode also
> seems to resolve the issue. But it is very difficult to implement in all
> the
> client machines.
>
> Appreciate any help.
>