Hi Craig,

Isn't this defeating the object. The requirement is that the user should be able to access pages without explicitly logging on but that the user identity be available to the site.

The only way I know of achieving this is by using Windows Integrated Authentication with a compliant browser. Or am I missing something?
Regards,
Viv

>Nope...Windows Auth is not required.
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>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.
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>>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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>>Smitha