Installed DNN 6.2.0 on my local PC (home PC not part of a domain) and was able to make it work on Form Authentication but when I switch to Windows Authenticatiob it doesn't work. My goal is to make it work in Windows Authentication, so when I open the web site using http://localhost:80/Default.aspx to be able to enter the site without using the login screen and the user to be added automatically to the Users table. I cannot make it work.

My environment and settings are:

SQL Server on my local PC: 2008 R2

PC with Windows 7 Professional edition, IIS 7.5, DNN 6.2.0.

Web Config setting:

<authentication mode="Windows">
    </authentication>

IIS settings:

Application Pool: .NET Framework v2.0, Managed Pipeline Mode: Classic, Identity:Network Service, Load User Profile:True

Web Site settings in Authentication section: Anonymous Authentication: Disabled, all others: Disabled, Windows Authentication:Enabled

Using IE 9 with Enable Windows Integrated Authentication checked.

The message I get when open http://localhost:80/Default.aspx is: Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage

Please advice.

 

Winston,
Thanks for sharing this with me.
Maybe I wasn't very clear in my question. I don't want to have mixed entry in my DNN. I want to use it just with Windows authentication. And because I'm doing my development at home, where I don't have domain controller or Active Directory, I want to be able to test the Window Authentication functionality under a simple PC running Windows 7 and IIS.

I tried all possible DNN and IIS configurations to make it work, without any success, so I was starting to think, as you point very well in your answer, this is not possible to achieve unless you are running it under a domain controller and AD, but was hoppimg there might a solution.

If anyone reading this thread have a solution, please advice.
Thanks.