Problems with multiple gets with Office documents

I've got a number of prblems with "protected" documents.
I've traced these back through thwe weblog, and find that
while the document is returned by IIS with a status 200
response, the Internet Exlorer client then makes several
further requests for the same document. These further
requests are rejected (stats 401, or similar) - presumably
because they don't include information necessary to
authenticate the user (and cookies information sees to be
dropped).
How can I stop the 2nd (or 3rd/4th/5th) GET requests?
(Only a single request is sent for images files, and only
a single GET request is sent if the file is saved rather
than opended by IE).
Very grateful for any pointers!

You probably have authentication enabled for these documents. Thus, it is
expected to see 401.x as clients access resources. You really can't stop
the GET requests from the client as a part of authentication other than
turning authentication off, which probably isn't an option for you.

For example, suppose you have enabled Integrated Windows authentication for
the URL. This form of authentication is on a per-connection basis, and
almost always starts with at least one 401 response prior retrieving the
resource. If your server actively closes connections, the 401 response will
repeatedly happen as the browser re-authenticates. Remember, HTTP is
stateless, so the fact that a client authenticated on the prior request
means nothing for any following request... unless some form of state is
persisted, either in the form of a cookie, a TCP Connection, etc.

If you are concerned about bandwidth wasted by the 401 responses, you can
configure those custom error response files to be smaller.

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//David
IIS
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"Anthony Short" <webmaster.DeleteThis@nelsoncroom.co.uk> wrote in message
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I've got a number of prblems with "protected" documents.
I've traced these back through thwe weblog, and find that
while the document is returned by IIS with a status 200
response, the Internet Exlorer client then makes several
further requests for the same document. These further
requests are rejected (stats 401, or similar) - presumably
because they don't include information necessary to
authenticate the user (and cookies information sees to be
dropped).
How can I stop the 2nd (or 3rd/4th/5th) GET requests?
(Only a single request is sent for images files, and only
a single GET request is sent if the file is saved rather
than opended by IE).
Very grateful for any pointers!