> I don't quite understand what you mean by 
> "Since you start your browser on the login page, you
> can't capture it."
You capture the page that appears when you press the log-in button. That's not
the log in page.
> 
> I followed the instructions at
> <http://httrack.kauler.com/help/CatchURL_tutorial>
> and am now getting an error telling me that the
> first page(s) either could not be found or a
> connection problem occurred
something isn't correct.
> 
> also I noticed that I do not get a link caught page
> when capturing a URL with internet explorer instead
> I get a 
>  Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage 
>    
>    What you can try: 
>     Diagnose Connection Problems  
>  error page
you haven't captured anything.
> 
> The command line I used.
> (winhttrack
That's not a command line, that's a gui program.