Problems with IIS 7.5 authentication just keeps prompting over and over

[beancole]

I have IIS 7.5 installed on server 2008r2.

I recently changed some authentication settings and it popped up an obscure message which I cannot remember. the issue is now my basic authentication is not working. It just keep prompting over and over again.

I have tried removing all rules and recreating them and still the same. I have checked the default domain is correct and the realm is blank. the specific users I have tested it with are all in the correct active directory security group but still it keeps prompting.

The website (a joomla 3 site) works if I remove the authentication rule.

I should point out the password and username is definitely correct and I also tried with domain\username just in case

[bennz]

Is your site in its own directory or is it under another site? i.e. could your site be affected by a parents authentication settings?

 

If you are using IE have you tried going to tools > internet options > security > custom level > scroll down to the bottom and check the "user authentication" try changing these about.

[beancole]

Found the problem and it makes very little sense but sometimes with windows what does.

 

I removed the SSl certificates and all authentication then started again. This fixed the problem.