Automatically logging into a website from the desktop

If we have a link on a users desktop to a website, is there any way to automatically log them in开发者_StackOverflowto that website using their windows username and password?

I think you can do it using the Active Directory. Maybe this article can help you.

This: Retrieve UserName by Searching in Active Directory

The windows login system and the website have totally different mechanisms. You're windows password is stored locally on your machine however the website password is stored remotely on a server. hence it does not make sense to login on a website with your local password automatically.

You can do this only for local Intranets hosted on the current domain. If this is what your're after you need to set the authentication mode in the config file.

.NET Authentication