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<h2>Background</h2>

<p>All of the web pages and scripts that TIM Enterprise serves are protected by a login that is provided by a user when entering their username and password into a pop-up dialog in their web browser.</p>

<p>In some situations, it is desirable to suppress this dialog box demanding the username and password.  An example might be the deployment of a stand-alone computer displaying a pre-defined wallboard on a large screen; it would become tedious having to log in to the web page every time that computer is restarted.</p>

<p>Different web browsers behave differently forwhen automatic logging-asked to automatically log in to  web pagessites.  Variously, they range from complete prohibition of the practise, to permitting it only if certain system parameters are configured.</p>

<h2>Specifics</h2>

<p>In this article, details of how to allow automatic logging-in to a 
web page concerns the Microsoft Internet Explorer (version 6 and above) 
browsers only.  Please consult your browser documentation for a solution
 related to your own choice of browser.</p>


<p>The solution involves creating a specially-crafted URL in the following form:-</p>

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