Assuming you recently installed IE7...

Authentication fails when you use Outlook or Outlook Express to try to log
on to a HTTP-based mail server if you use Internet Explorer version 7.0:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/904942
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~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)


zixca wrote:
I need some help. Have been using Hotmail Popper for years to download 2
hotmail accounts into OE6 for some time. Suddenly I am prompted for my
password for one of these accounts. When I enter the password I can
download
my mail, no problem. Have read instructions for editing the registry to
correct similiar situations but find them kind of scary. Is there another
way to fix this? Would establishing a Restore Point before editing the
registry establish a backup to the registry?
Thanks so much for your advise.