Admin console login fails when running in secure mode

If running a WebSphere® v5 or v5.1 server in secure mode, you may not be able to log onto the WebSphere administrative console and receive the following message:

Unable to process login. Please check User ID and password and try again.

This may occur even though the server was successfully started in secure mode using the very same user id and password. This behavior is intermittent, and appears to be associated only with Microsoft® Internet Explorer. To work around this problem, complete one of the following steps:

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