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copied!<p>The reason for the authentication box is simple: Internet Explorer sends your credentials only if it thinks the host is in the "Local Intranet" zone (default configuration assumed). If a host outside what IE deems to be "local" asks for NTLM credentials, an authentication box will appear, and you have to authenticate manually.</p> <p>If you want your credentials to be sent automatically, make sure IE thinks it in "Local Intranet". Check the zone info far right on the status bar to see the currently active zone.</p> <p>IE takes into account multiple things in order to decide whether a host is to be considered as "Local Intranet":</p> <ol> <li>is it an IP address in the local sub-net -> YES</li> <li>is it a simple host name (i.e. "no dots") -> YES</li> <li>in the IE options: is it in the "Sites..." list for "Local Intranet" -> YES</li> <li>in the IE options: is it in the proxy exclusion list -> YES</li> <li>is it an UNC path -> YES</li> <li>otherwise: NO</li> <li>Sometimes, an old password exists in the personal passwords list for that host name (accessible through Control Panel -> User Accounts). If it is wrong, similar issues can occur.</li> </ol> <p>My suspicion is that your host "fred" does not fulfill conditions #2 through #4, but your test case "Betty" somehow does.</p> <p>What way the name was resolved (CName record, A record, hosts file, other) makes no difference, because the method of name resolution is opaque to the calling application. IE just asks for name "XYZ" and gets an IP address back. </p> <p>Recent configuration changes can require you to clear the local DNS cache, though. An occasional <code>ipconfig /flushdns</code> would help here, alternatively you can stop the DNS Client service for a while.</p> <p>The described internal logic is applied to the host name and security settings change based on the outcome.</p>

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