How to disable "Authentication Required" pop up?

Question

I created a Web Application Using ASP.NET MVC 4, and uploaded it on a commercial web server. My problem is when I click the Actionlink pointing to ~/Account/LogOn, an "Authentication Required" pop up appears.

This is the beginning of my problem because I don't know what settings I changed or is there a setting that I was not able to setup ?

I have created 2 Web Applications before Using ASP.NET MVC 3 and uploaded it on the same commercial web server and it runs perfectly. no hitches what-so-ever.

By the way, the access they gave me to the server is not Remote Desktop Connection, its Parallels.

vipul.surana I was not able to post a picture since I have less than 10 points. So, if it is ok with you I will give you the website address. The website address is www.clktb.com then press login found on the upper right part.

nwdev as per request here is my web.config code I did not change anything here except removing connection string and removed some comments from the original webconfig

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<configuration>
  <configSections>
     <section name="entityFramework" type="System.Data.Entity.Internal.ConfigFile.EntityFrameworkSection, EntityFramework, Version=5.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089" requirePermission="false" />
  </configSections>
  <appSettings>
    <add key="webpages:Version" value="2.0.0.0" />
    <add key="webpages:Enabled" value="false" />
    <add key="PreserveLoginUrl" value="true" />
    <add key="ClientValidationEnabled" value="true" />
    <add key="UnobtrusiveJavaScriptEnabled" value="true" />
  </appSettings>
  <system.web>

    <compilation debug="true" targetFramework="4.5">
      <assemblies>
        <add assembly="System.Data.Entity, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089" />
      </assemblies>
    </compilation>
    <httpRuntime targetFramework="4.5" />
    <authentication mode="Forms">
      <forms loginUrl="~/Account/Login" timeout="2880"  />
    </authentication>
    <pages>
      <namespaces>
        <add namespace="System.Web.Helpers" />
        <add namespace="System.Web.Mvc" />
        <add namespace="System.Web.Mvc.Ajax" />
        <add namespace="System.Web.Mvc.Html" />
        <add namespace="System.Web.Optimization" />
        <add namespace="System.Web.Routing" />
        <add namespace="System.Web.WebPages" />
      </namespaces>
    </pages>
  </system.web>
  <system.webServer>
    <validation validateIntegratedModeConfiguration="false" />
    <handlers>
      <remove name="ExtensionlessUrlHandler-ISAPI-4.0_32bit" />
      <remove name="ExtensionlessUrlHandler-ISAPI-4.0_64bit" />
      <remove name="ExtensionlessUrlHandler-Integrated-4.0" />
      <add name="ExtensionlessUrlHandler-ISAPI-4.0_32bit" path="*." verb="GET,HEAD,POST,DEBUG,PUT,DELETE,PATCH,OPTIONS" modules="IsapiModule" scriptProcessor="%windir%\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\aspnet_isapi.dll" preCondition="classicMode,runtimeVersionv4.0,bitness32" responseBufferLimit="0" />
      <add name="ExtensionlessUrlHandler-ISAPI-4.0_64bit" path="*." verb="GET,HEAD,POST,DEBUG,PUT,DELETE,PATCH,OPTIONS" modules="IsapiModule" scriptProcessor="%windir%\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\aspnet_isapi.dll" preCondition="classicMode,runtimeVersionv4.0,bitness64" responseBufferLimit="0" />
      <add name="ExtensionlessUrlHandler-Integrated-4.0" path="*." verb="GET,HEAD,POST,DEBUG,PUT,DELETE,PATCH,OPTIONS" type="System.Web.Handlers.TransferRequestHandler" preCondition="integratedMode,runtimeVersionv4.0" />
    </handlers>
  </system.webServer>
  <runtime>
    <assemblyBinding xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1">
      <dependentAssembly>
        <assemblyIdentity name="DotNetOpenAuth.Core" publicKeyToken="2780ccd10d57b246" />
        <bindingRedirect oldVersion="1.0.0.0-4.0.0.0" newVersion="4.1.0.0" />
      </dependentAssembly>
      <dependentAssembly>
        <assemblyIdentity name="DotNetOpenAuth.AspNet" publicKeyToken="2780ccd10d57b246" />
        <bindingRedirect oldVersion="1.0.0.0-4.0.0.0" newVersion="4.1.0.0" />
      </dependentAssembly>
      <dependentAssembly>
        <assemblyIdentity name="System.Web.Helpers" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" />
        <bindingRedirect oldVersion="1.0.0.0-2.0.0.0" newVersion="2.0.0.0" />
      </dependentAssembly>
      <dependentAssembly>
        <assemblyIdentity name="System.Web.Mvc" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" />
        <bindingRedirect oldVersion="1.0.0.0-4.0.0.0" newVersion="4.0.0.0" />
      </dependentAssembly>
      <dependentAssembly>
        <assemblyIdentity name="System.Web.WebPages" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" />
        <bindingRedirect oldVersion="1.0.0.0-2.0.0.0" newVersion="2.0.0.0" />
      </dependentAssembly>
      <dependentAssembly>
        <assemblyIdentity name="WebGrease" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" />
        <bindingRedirect oldVersion="1.0.0.0-1.3.0.0" newVersion="1.3.0.0" />
      </dependentAssembly>
    </assemblyBinding>
  </runtime>
  <entityFramework>
    <defaultConnectionFactory type="System.Data.Entity.Infrastructure.SqlConnectionFactory, EntityFramework" />
  </entityFramework>
</configuration>

Answer 1

This here is the removed code of my Account/LogOn.

Based on the words of Mr. Damien Joe I Quote "If the later, then there is definitely an issue with your current website project." I double checked the codes in the VIEW of LogOn since it is premade by ASP.NET MVC 4 and I found a piece of code that is not in MVC 3 LogOn

    <%--<p><%: Html.ActionLink("Register", "Register") %> if you don't have an account. </p>
    <hr />
    <section class="social" id="socialLoginForm">
        <h2>Use another service to log in.</h2>
        <%: Html.Action("ExternalLoginsList", new { ReturnUrl = ViewBag.ReturnUrl }) %>
    </section>--%>

When I removed this piece of code from my View Everything worked perfectly. As in Perfectly. I lost 1 day with this piece of code right here. hopefully, in the future people will see this and know what to do.

Answer 2

Your authentication mode is set to Forms. Do not change it to Windows unless necessary (Windows is only used in a LAN based environment where users are maintained by an Active Directory).

I would check the directory permissions on your web site folder. Go to your website folder & right click Properties->Security & check if Authenticated users are added to the users group.

Also, are you using a webservice?

Edit This is most likely a permissions issue on your website folder. Check this link for more info on IIS http://support.microsoft.com/?id=258063 and also this thread on ServerFault