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PRB: You Cannot Create a New Web Project When Working Offline

Article ID: 199821

Article Last Modified on 4/25/2001

Microsoft Visual InterDev 6.0 Standard Edition

This article was previously published under Q199821

SYMPTOMS

When you are using Visual InterDev 6 to create a new Web project in offline mode, the following error message may appear when you reach step 4 of the wizard:

An HTTP error occurred. The server could not complete your request. Contact your Internet service provider or Web Server administrator to make sure that the server has the FrontPage Server Extensions installed and that the Web application exists on that server.

CAUSE

You may be using an account that requires authentication by a domain controller (for example, YourDomain\UserName). This creates a problem when you work offline.

RESOLUTION

The solution is to configure your Web to use basic authentication. This gives you the option to enter a username/password (because Windows NT Challenge/Response will not be used automatically). When you are prompted, enter a local account (MachineName\YourAccount) that has appropriate access rights.

STATUS

This behavior is by design.

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