Error Message: HTTP/1.0 403 Access Forbidden...

• Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 4.0, 4.01 for Windows 95
• Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 4.0, 4.01 for Windows NT 4.0

SYMPTOMS

When you attempt to load a Web page using Internet Explorer, you may receive the following error message:

   HTTP/1.0 403 Access Forbidden (Execute Access Denied -
   This Virtual Directory does not allow objects to be executed)

CAUSE

This error message can occur if you are using a language that is incompatible with the Universal language code used by most major Internet sites.

RESOLUTION

To work around this problem, remove the first language from your list of preferred languages. To do so, follow these steps in Internet Explorer:

1. On the View menu, click Internet Options.

2. On the General tab, click Languages.

3. In the list of preferred languages, click the first language, and then click Remove.

   NOTE: This does not remove the language's character set.

4. Click OK, and then click OK again.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 and 4.01. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

MORE INFORMATION

Some Web servers are capable of displaying Web pages in one of several different languages. You can add and prioritize languages in Internet Explorer so that Web pages you load are always displayed using your preferred language. For example, a Web server can display a Web page using either the English or the Ukrainian language. If you specify that the Ukrainian language has a higher priority than the English language, Internet Explorer sends your preference to the Web server and the Web page is automatically displayed using the Ukrainian language.

For information about how to configure Internet Explorer to display Web pages using a different language, click Contents And Index on the Help menu in Internet Explorer, click the Index tab, type "viewing web" (without quotation marks), and then double-click the "In a Different Language" topic.