Help IIS Problem :(?

Question

When i try to assess my site chris12.hopto.org
Hosted on my IIS 5.0 Server It asks me for a user-name and password, But the problem is i NEVER set a password i haven't upgraded i havent made ANY changes whatsoever please help :(

The EXACT Error Number is 404:1

Answer 1

(The labels may be a bit different as I am working out of IIS 6, but the concepts are the same):

Right-click on your web site in IIS and go to Properties > Directory Security tab.

Click Edit under Authentication and Access Control

Ensure that Enable anonymous access is checked and that IUSR_COMPUTERNAME is the user (unless you have specially created a different user account for anonymous access) and that the password for that account is correct.

Verify that the account exists by right-clicking on My Computer and going to Manage, or going to Start > Settings > Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Computer Management

Go to the Local Users and Groups node and select the Users folder.

Verify that the account exists. If it does and you are certain that the password has not been changed, then proceed. Otherwise, set the password for the account and verify it is the same in IIS.

If the account does not exist or you suspect it may have been changed or corrupted, the easiest thing to do is delete the account completely, then restart IIS (right-click on your server in the IIS console and select All Tasks > Restart IIS). This will stop all sites on the server until the restart process is finished. If your service processes are not set to automatically resume, you may also need to manually select each site on the server and start it again. When IIS restarts, it will recreate the missing account.

Finally, ensure that the anonymous account specified in IIS has read permissions to the wwwroot directory of the site in question. Right-click on the folder and go to Properties > Security tab. Make sure either "Everyone" or the anonymous account is listed with at least read access.