Posts from May 2015

Posts from May 2015 (2)

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  Published on

  2015-05-31 8:52 a.m.

  Authors

  koskila

  Tags

  configurationhostsnetworkwindows

  Troubleshooting guide for Windows hosts file

  This post describes how to fix possible issues with the Windows hosts file. I'll first document how to find the damn file, and then go through a bunch of options on what to check and how to fix different possible issues. Opening the hosts -file First of all, the host's file location is usually: C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts (link may or may not work depending on your security settings and browser version, but you can always copy-paste it to your text editor's "Open"-dialog...

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  Published on

  2015-05-28 8:41 a.m.

  Authors

  koskila

  Tags

  authenticationiison-premisesregeditsharepoint-2010sharepoint-2013windows-authentication

  Windows Authentication fails on SharePoint for all hostnames (other than localhost)

  This post describes how to fix Windows Authentication on a SharePoint server that is failing on other local addresses other than localhost. Symptoms You get the standard Windows/Basic Authentication prompt when accessing your SharePoint site, but the site won't accept your credentials when you are accessing the site using an address like http://website. However, using an address like http://localhost works fine (but of course may cause other problems).

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