Nope...Windows Auth is not required.

To login, drag the login control onto the ASP.Net form. There is lots of information at www.asp.net. Click on Tutorials -> Securing Your Application.

>Thank you for your quick reply.
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>Member ship API needs windows Auth. to make it work. right? When I allow anonymous access to allow users to come to the home page without entering the info, how will it get user name? I want my application to get the windows username and allow anonymous access. Is that possible. Please let me know.
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