how to switch to windows security window and insert credentials - python

Here are my steps
1.Using selenium webdriver I am opening Edge
2.Then after click a link it opens popup security window. I am attaching a screenshot
3. I tried to switch that window using many different ways. It is not an alert because when I called for alert it says no such alerts are open.
I tried to call following but it gives error
window_after = driver.window_handles[1]
Following two lines gave me 1 handles:
handles = driver.window_handles
print("Number of handles ", len(handles))
Output:
Number of handles 1
if it is not alert, not a window, what is it? view source code does not print anything.
All i need is insert user name and password and then click "OK" button
I put the program for sleep 20 seconds and then manually selected the cursor to user name text box. The executed following code but it does nothing
ActionChains(driver).send_keys("Test").perform()
Side Note: Need answer for only for Microsoft Edge.

Selenium only works for browser automation. The Windows Security pop-up is an OS-level dialog and Selenium will not be able to recognize it. You could use third party tools like AutoIt with Selenium to automate non-browser based functionality. For the detailed steps, you could refer to this article.

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