password protection ".htaccess" not working

Hello, I am trying to password protect a folder.
I am running the latest Apache on Windows 2000.
I am not getting any password protection at all. Everything is still wide open.
Please help me if possible, by taking a quick look at this.

this is my .htaccess file (my .htaccess file is located in the folder "tan" which is what I want password protected)

AuthName "Welcome johndoe"
AuthType Basic
AuthUserFile "C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Apache2.2\htdocs\tan\password\"
Require user johndoe

this is my .htpasswd file (my .htpasswd is located in the path stated above in AuthUserFile)
johndoe:$apr1$vd4.....$pKzzFaSCp8XuTBGz0KH2q0

this is my apache config file (relevant to password protection parts only displayed)

# First, we configure the "default" to be a very restrictive set of
# features.
#
<Directory />
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride none
Order deny,allow
Deny from all
Satisfy all
</Directory>


# AllowOverride controls what directives may be placed in .htaccess
files.
# It can be "All", "None", or any combination of the keywords:
# Options FileInfo AuthConfig Limit
#
AllowOverride AuthConfig


# "C:/Program Files/Apache Software Foundation/Apache2.2/cgi-bin" should
be changed to whatever your ScriptAliased
# CGI directory exists, if you have that configured.
#
<Directory "C:/Program Files/Apache Software Foundation/Apache2.2/cgi-bin">
AllowOverride AuthConfig
Options None
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>

 

Don't know alot about .htacces on MS - but can you not use Microsofts own security? IE create a user and give only them access to the folder?

Andy

 

see http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=181978