Apache + JBoss problems getting images

Hello!

We got an webapp on a Intranet running in Apache and JBoss.
The webapp is secured with a security app called AccessManager through web.xml.

The webapp is accessed like https://server1.the.company.com/thewebapp.
If it is accessed like above everything works fine.

But if a lazy user access it like https://server1/thewebapp, the problem is that requests for each images (when loading a page) from the webapp they need an extra login from the browser, like with Basic-auth.

Pretty annoying if a page conatins ten images, then ten login-forms is showed after each other!

So if any one got any ideas how to solve this please let me know!

Best regards amigos!
/Fredrik