Re: Internet Explorer 403 Forbidden message - how do I resolve?

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In news:350E1F34-0DCD-4E14-961C-2B8C662486EE@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,
Sky <Sky@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

> Hi Galen,
>
> Thanks for your advice. I uninstalled my old Wanadoo dial up ISP files
> /program but this hasn't made any difference - I still get the 403
> message. Any other ideas? I'd like to uninstall/reinstall Internet
> exlorer but with it bundled into
> xp that doesnt help. Any other ideas? Firefox & netscape work just
> fine.
>
> Sky
>
>
> "Galen" wrote:
>
>> In news:D2CA3FB2-9374-455B-B1DF-C6172C9A0CA0@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,
>> Sky <Sky@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> had this to say:
>>
>> My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:
>>
>>> Hello everybody - we recently got bulldog broadband and ever since,
>>> anytime we click on internet explorer we get a "403 Forbidden
>>> message - You were denied access because: Access denied by access
>>> control list."
>>>
>>> Firefox works just fine, but can't get onto the internet via
>>> explorer - just get the message above.
>>>
>>> Also Norton Antivirus is now unable to do a liveupdate and protect
>>> my pc - I've read that Norton uses some components of explorer and
>>> that the problem with Internet Explorer is the cause of the Norton
>>> problem.
>>>
>>> Any suggestions on whether there's a broadband issue that my ISP
>>> aint told me about and what I need to do to fix the Internet
>>> Explorer 403 message problem and get back online with Internet
>>> Explorer - and fingers xd - norton antivirus?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> Sky
>>
>> Do you have something left in your proxy settings that was left over
>> from your old ISP? Did you install some sort of software to connect
>> to their services? If so did you uninstall that software? I'd look
>> and see if maybe you have setup a proxy. Firefox would, I think,
>> ignore the proxy unless you specifically had added it. IE would fail
>> if it was no longer valid. Norton, well, I can't speak for them, but
>> they may use the proxy settings they cull from the registry. That's
>> where I'd look at any rate.
>>
>> Galen
>> --
>>
>> "Chance has put in our way a most singular and whimsical problem, and
>> its solution is its own reward."
>>
>> Sherlock Holmes

Well, you can uninstall and reinstall IE... I'm not sure if it will hep but
might as well try that one next...

How to reinstall or repair Internet Explorer and Outlook Express ...:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=318378

Galen
--

"Chance has put in our way a most singular and whimsical problem, and
its solution is its own reward."

Sherlock Holmes


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