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281281	2004-10-15 03:00:00	Good afternoon . Can anyone tell me (in non-technical terms) what needs to be changed on my PC to stop this happening every time I try to link to a . pdf document? I get this message on all sorts of sites, not just the one in the example below . Ta . You are not authorized to view this page You might not have permission to view this directory or page using the credentials you supplied . -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- If you believe you should be able to view this directory or page, please try to contact the Web site by using any e-mail address or phone number that may be listed on the www . maf . govt . nz home page . You can click Search to look for information on the Internet . HTTP Error 403 - Forbidden Internet Explorer	k8smum (6062)
281282	2004-10-15 03:11:00	There are two reasons why you should get this message. I don't think there are any settings which you can make to stop it. Some sites are just not public. They require their users to log in with a password. No access rights; no access. This might apply to some areas of an otherwise public site (think of staff/students areas in an educational system. You might want the kids (and parents) to see the questions, but the staff to see the answers. :D) Other sites may give full access to files, but require you to go through the home page and follow their path to the actual documents. I sometimes get this response when I am trying to access something from the full link given by Google. I just knock off the last level of the URL/Address and try again. Usually the document comes up before the top home page, but sometimes I do have to go that far. (I think they want you to enjoy their advertisements or their company publicity). Some security settings in browsers will consider PDF files as a security threat. (A PDF file, because PDF is based on PostScript is a programme which is executed on your computer to produce the output). But that's not the HTTP 403 error.	Graham L (2)
281283	2004-10-15 03:26:00	Thanks, but before I logged this question, I got my partner to check if he could access the files from his work. He could. As a matter of fact, I actually set up the web page at MAF (where I work) earlier today, making sure everything linked as it should. Maybe you (or anybody?) could try it to see if you have any luck: MAF page (www.maf.govt.nz) I still think the problem is with my PC. It's not just pdf's I have problems with from time to time. I have another PC next door to this one at home which lets me access those files with no difficulty at all. I just wondered if someone had a simple answer to the problem. I was not responsible for setting up either of the PCs at home, so I don't know how to change or determine the difference in the security settings between the two.	k8smum (6062)
281284	2004-10-15 05:26:00	support.microsoft.com	godfather (25)
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