Guest JohnP Posted August 4, 2008 Posted August 4, 2008 Windows XP Home, SP 2; IE 7, version 7.0.5730.11. When I open IE, I cannot access the internet. In the tab that opens it reads, "403 Forbidden", and on the web page it reads, "You were denied access because: Access denied by access control list". I do have internet access since Widows Update has downloaded and installed updates and my anti-virus software has also updated itself. I have reset all IE settings to factory defaults. I have gone to Start -> Set Program Access and Defaults and reset it every-which-way to make IE the default browser and it seems to keep reseting itself to Custom -> Use Current Web Browser. Did I inadvertently screw-up some setting somewhere? Since IE is the only browser installed, I cannot get on the internet to download a different browser to test that out, I'm STUCK. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
Guest Malke Posted August 4, 2008 Posted August 4, 2008 Re: 403 Forbidden error - access control list JohnP wrote: > Windows XP Home, SP 2; IE 7, version 7.0.5730.11. When I open IE, I > cannot > access the internet. In the tab that opens it reads, "403 Forbidden", and > on the web page it reads, "You were denied access because: Access denied > by > access control list". I do have internet access since Widows Update has > downloaded and installed updates and my anti-virus software has also > updated > itself. I have reset all IE settings to factory defaults. I have gone to > Start -> Set Program Access and Defaults and reset it every-which-way to > make IE the default browser and it seems to keep reseting itself to Custom > -> Use Current Web Browser. > > Did I inadvertently screw-up some setting somewhere? Since IE is the only > browser installed, I cannot get on the internet to download a different > browser to test that out, I'm STUCK. Any help would be greatly > appreciated. Thanks. Obviously you can get on the Internet from some other computer because you are posting here. From that other computer, download Firefox and save the installer executable on a USB thumb drive. Now install it on your home machine. If you can get on the Internet with it, you know something in IE is set incorrectly. In that case, what is the recent history of the machine? What changed between the time things worked and the time they didn't? If you determine that the issue lies with Internet Explorer alone, then post in the IE newsgroup where the IE experts can assist you. microsoft.public.internetexplorer.general Malke -- MS-MVP Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic! FAQ - http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ
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