title: The request failed with HTTP status 401: Unauthorized
body: <p>I have a .NET 2.0 website (VB) running in my IIS6 (XP Pro SP2) and a .NET 3.5 (configured as .NET2 under IIS's ASP.NET tab, of course) hosting an ASMX web service.</p>
  
  <p>In Chrome, I can call the ASMX and invoke the web methods successfully. However, in calling the web methods in code, from the .NET 2.0 website I get:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p><strong><em>The request failed with HTTP status 401: Unauthorized.</em></strong></p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>How do I get around this?</p>