Office documents prompt for login in anonymous SharePoint site

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Published on 2008-12-17T17:45:33Z Indexed on 2010/06/15 18:22 UTC
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I have a MOSS 07 site that is configured for anonymous access. There is a document library within this site that also has anonymous access enabled. When an anonymous user clicks on a PDF file in this library, he or she can read or download it with no problem. When a user clicks on an Office document, he or she is prompted with a login box. The user can cancel out of this box without entering a log in, and will be taken to the document.

This happens in IE but not FireFox.

I see some references to this question on the web but no clear solutions: http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.aspx?dg=microsoft.public.sharepoint.windowsservices.development&tid=5452e093-a0d7-45c5-8ed0-96551e854cec&cat=en_US_CC8402B4-DC5E-652D-7DB2-0119AFB7C906&lang=en&cr=US&sloc=&p=1

http://www.sharepointu.com/forums/t/5779.aspx

http://www.eggheadcafe.com/software/aspnet/30817418/anonymous-users-getting-p.aspx

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