When you open a Web page that uses Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6, an access violation may occur. Additionally, you may receive the following error message:

Microsoft Internet Explorer has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

Consider the following scenario:

• You are running a Windows Vista-based computer.
• You use Windows Internet Explorer to access files on a Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning (WebDAV) site that resides on a local intranet site.
  Note: A Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server site is an example of a WebDAV site.

In this scenario, you receive a dialog box that prompts you to enter your user credentials.

This problem occurs if the following conditions are true:

• You do not configure any proxy-server settings in Internet Explorer.
• You access the WebDAV site on the local intranet site by using a single label host name, such as http://sites/ or http://mysps/.

This problem does not occur on a Windows XP-based computer that has Internet Explorer 6 or Internet Explorer 7 installed.

When you use Windows Internet Explorer to access files on a Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning (WebDav) site on a Windows Vista-based computer, you receive a dialog box that prompts you to type your user credentials.

Note: A SharePoint Portal Server site is an example of a WebDav site.

This problem occurs if you disable the Automatically detect settings option in Internet Explorer. For information about how to enable this option, see the “More Information” section.

Note: This problem does not occur in Windows XP.

When you were using the 64-bit version of Internet Explorer to browse web pages that contain i-drop content, the i-drop indicator was not visible.

For more information on this issue, including potential causes, workarounds, and resolutions, see: AutoDesk Knowledge Base Article TS1071268.

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