How can I set i. Htaccess y. Htpasswd to work on a Windows machine?

im using the latest version of Apache … heres my. Htaccess AuthName "Proxy: enter username and password" AuthType Basic AuthUserFile "C: / Program Files / Apache Software Foundation/Apache2.2/bin/.htpasswd" require valid-user my. htpasswd billy looks like this: $ apr1 $ PR3 …..$ i/65BcAO4TsRAgIGBQqfv. I go to view the restricted site and Internet Explorer requesting a user / password I put the same name of Billy and Billy's step as in my. htpasswd file … that gives and error cogens after three attempts … im running a Windows XP box and I think it's something to do with password encryption … if anyone knows anything could you please help

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