"smith777" <smith***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:8913CC37-8F96-4896-B1C1-C6C10BB48F2C@microsoft.com...
>I have Windows 2003 in a domain and running a web application on it
> (Sharepoint). I have IIS's authentication set to Windows Integrated
> Authentication.
>
> I was looking for users to be able to login automatically to the web
> application using the credentials that they used to login to their
> computers.
> When they are logged in to the domain they go right in without being
> prompted
> for a password. When they are out of the office, its not using their
> cached
> credentials, it prompts for a login.
>
> I did some research on http://support.microsoft.com/kb/258063/en-us and it
> makes sense but what i don't understand is that i have 1 laptop outside of
> the domain, so it would have logged in using cached credentials, and it
> goes
> right into the site without being prompted for a password. All other
> laptops
> outside of the office, it requires a password. I've checked everything to
> compare laptops and see nothing different.
>
> Does anyone know how this other laptop outside of the domain is capable to
> getting to the website without having to enter in a password? should i
> chaulk
> this up as being "lucky"?