Here is someone who wanted to automate downloads with consistency as seems to have achieved it. It has some SendKeys in it so it is not autonomous – but is a great example of getting it done no matter what. Well done. I am looking for code to see if a machine is alive in < 5 seconds. If not, alert the user to wait. It has an Http Basic Authentication popup that I am trying to get through using tools natively installed on Windows. Of course Curl can do it but that requires all users installing it which is not acceptable for this use.  I need 4 concepts from this article. Here is the msdn on InternetExplorer.Application.

http://www.vbaexpress.com/forum/showthread.php?42206-IE-Automation-File-Open-IE8-IE9 

My code if it was a userform username / password would be like this. Basically you can’t easily unless the registry value is changed specifically allowing the username/password to be sent along in the url. Here is an idea that no one validating has having worked and is in powershell. People did get it working using SendKeys – which I do NOT want. Curl it is! This stuff is not good to post online, but alas, explains why one should NOT store their passwords on any browser.