Basic authentication for Silverlight browser - c#

I'm unable to connect to this URL using WebRequestCreator.BrowserHttp, I am however able to connect using WebRequestCreator.ClientHttp. Here's a sample of the code I'm using,
var httpClient = new HttpClient();
WebRequest.RegisterPrefix("http://", WebRequestCreator.BrowserHttp);
var byteArray = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes("username:password");
httpClient.DefaultRequestHeaders.Authorization = new System.Net.Http.Headers.AuthenticationHeaderValue("Basic", Convert.ToBase64String(byteArray));
var response = await httpClient.GetAsync(url, HttpCompletionOption.ResponseHeadersRead);
I'm trying to avoid using the 'Windows Security' dialogue box and I cannot use WebRequestCreator.BrowserHttp for my project.
Edit:
When using WebRequestCreator.BrowserHttp I get
System.ArgumentException: Value does not fall within the expected
range
and nothing in fiddler. If I use WebRequestCreator.ClientHttp I get
Authorization: Basic
in Fiddler

I am able to do both Basic and Bearer (JWT) Authentication on a current silverlight project.
/*
* NOTE:
* It turns out that Silverlight provides HTTP handling in both the Browser and Client stack.
* By default Silverlight uses the Browser for HTTP handling.
* The only problem with this is that Browser HTTP Handling only supports GET and POST request methods.
*/
WebRequest.RegisterPrefix("http://", WebRequestCreator.ClientHttp);
WebRequest.RegisterPrefix("https://", WebRequestCreator.ClientHttp);
var httpClient = new HttpClient();
var byteArray = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes("username:password");
// Default headers will be sent with every request sent from this HttpClient instance.
httpClient.DefaultRequestHeaders.Authorization = new System.Net.Http.Headers.AuthenticationHeaderValue("Basic", Convert.ToBase64String(byteArray));
var response = await httpClient.GetAsync(url, HttpCompletionOption.ResponseHeadersRead);

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