Fix SharePoint Authentication in Internet Explorer 7

When accessing a SharePoint site in IE7, a user may be prompted for a username and password each time they attempt to open a document. This is caused by the authentication method used in SharePoint and how IE7 interacts with it. Essentially IE7 does not automatically impersonate the already authenticated user when opening a document in a new application. For example, when you open an XLS file Excel is launched, but since IE7 doesn't pass credentials it has to get them to open the file. The easiest fix for this is to use Firefox or IE6. To work around this in IE7, users will need to make a change on the workstation they are accessing their SharePoint site from.

NOTE: This may not be useful to those who share workstations with other users on the same SharePoint site. Those users will need to use Firefox or IE6 to access the site without getting the double prompt.

1. Open the Start menu and go to the Control Panel
2. Double click on User Accounts
3. Click on the Advanced tab

   

4. Click Manage Passwords

   

5. To add a SharePoint site, click Add

   

6. Enter the SharePoint domain and login information

   

7. Click OK
8. Log back into the SharePoint site and it should load documents without prompting