Network Authentication Issues on VM Refresh 1

If you are experiencing one of these issues

Trying to post a PPS Dashboard to https://ppsportal and receive a URL for the site is invalid message.
If you are trying to install Project Time Sheets and can't post web pages and receive a (401) Not Authorized message.
Having trouble syncronizing with Project Server.

This is a result of a Windows security patch. See note posted here

Follow the steps posted in this article to edit the registry as desribed in the article

Method 2: Disable the loopback check

Follow these steps:

1. Click Start, click Run, type regedit, and then click OK.

2. In Registry Editor, locate and then click the following registry key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa

3. Right-click Lsa, point to New, and then click DWORD Value.

4. Type DisableLoopbackCheck, and then press ENTER.

5. Right-click DisableLoopbackCheck, and then click Modify.

6. In the Value data box, type 1, and then click OK.

7. Quit Registry Editor, and then restart your computer.

Comments

Anonymous
April 02, 2009
  If you are using recently published Refresh 1 of the AX 2009 demo VM then you might have trouble